S, C and Extended L-Band Transmission with Doped Fiber and Distributed Raman Amplification
Benjamin J. Puttnam, Ruben S. Lúıs, Georg Rademacher, Manuel Mendez-Astudilio, Yoshinari Awaji, Hideaki Furukawa
Abstract
We transmit 690, near continuous, 25 GHz spaced channels in 138 nm of S, C and extended L-bands over 54 km of standard single-mode fiber. Erbium and Thulium doped-fiber amplifiers with distributed Raman amplification enable a 206.1 Tb/s GMI estimated data-rate.
Topics & Concepts
Raman amplificationThuliumMaterials scienceRaman spectroscopyErbium doped fiber amplifierFiberErbiumOptoelectronicsOpticsAmplifierDopingOptical amplifierRaman scatteringPhysicsLaserComposite materialCMOSOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Photonic Communication SystemsPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics