title: Integrated C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier and dispersion compensation module with negligible pump power penalty.
abstract: Conventional dispersion compensation requires erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with high pump power to compensate for excess losses introduced by the dispersion-compensating fiber. We report and demonstrate an optimized single-pump amplifier configuration with a pump power penalty of less than 5% when integrated with a fiber Bragg grating dispersion compensator. The system is capable of compensating 100 km of G.652 single-mode fiber.
authors.affiliation: SFO Technologies, JKH Technology Division, Plot 43, CSEZ, Cochin-37, Kerala, India. samuel.varghese@nestgroup.net
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blixt
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Darby
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair