Integrated C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier and dispersion compensation module with negligible pump power penalty.
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.
Varghese
Samuel
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SFO Technologies, JKH Technology Division, Plot 43, CSEZ, Cochin-37, Kerala, India. samuel.varghese@nestgroup.net
Blixt
Peter
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Darby
David
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Nair
Suresh
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