Hybrid Optical Amplifiers for Flexible Development in Long Reach Optical Access System
4th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT 2012): Proceedings 2012
Vjačeslavs Bobrovs, Sergejs Olonkins, Oskars Ozoliņš, Jurģis Poriņš, Gunārs Lauks

In this paper the authors have investigated the performance improvement in long reach optical access system with hybrid optical amplifiers. The apparent options of optical amplification in wavelength division multiplexing systems include the distributed Raman amplifiers, erbium doped fiber amplifiers, and semiconductor optical amplifiers. In our case distributed Raman amplifier is located at the mid-span reach extender which allows for remote amplification in passive network nodes by distributing a Raman pump together with the data signals. In the case of only distributed Raman amplifier in long reach optical access system wavelength division multiplexing exploitation is inefficient. Combining the advantages of different amplifiers allows fast gain dynamics, simultaneous large bandwidth amplification, and the ability to provide gain at any wavelength. Degradation of optical signal quality is evaluated in 10 Gbit/s long reach wavelength division multiplexing optical access system with hybrid distributed Raman-erbium doped fiber amplifier and distributed Raman-semiconductor optical amplifier.


Keywords
Raman amplifier; erbium doped fiber amplifier; hybrid amplifier; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength division multiplexing.
DOI
10.1109/ICUMT.2012.6459732
Hyperlink
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6459732

Bobrovs, V., Olonkins, S., Ozoliņš, O., Poriņš, J., Lauks, G. Hybrid Optical Amplifiers for Flexible Development in Long Reach Optical Access System. In: 4th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT 2012): Proceedings, Russia, Saint Petersburg, 3-5 October, 2012. Piscataway: IEEE, 2012, pp.577-582. ISBN 978-1-4673-2016-0. ISSN 2157-0221. Available from: doi:10.1109/ICUMT.2012.6459732

Publication language
English (en)
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