An optical amplifier for metro WDM networks, based on a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier

Han Hyub Lee; Donghan Lee; Jung Mi Oh; Jinsoo Han; Hee Sang Chung; Kwang Joon Kim; Gyu Woong Lee; Jeong Seok Lee; I. K. Yoon; Seong Taek Hwang

doi:10.1117/12.580463

10 January 2005 An optical amplifier for metro WDM networks, based on a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier

Han Hyub Lee, Donghan Lee, Jung Mi Oh, Jinsoo Han, Hee Sang Chung, Kwang Joon Kim, Gyu Woong Lee, Jeong Seok Lee, I. K. Yoon, Seong Taek Hwang

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Proceedings Volume 5623, Passive Components and Fiber-based Devices; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580463
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

An optical amplifier for metro WDM networks, based on a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier is proposed. The amplifier (RAGCSOA) consists of a low gain Raman fiber amplifier and a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier. The RAGCSOA has over 20 dB gain and a noise figure below 3 dB. In addition, the potentially compact amplifier shows negligible transients under dynamic add-drops. Sixteen channels of 10 Gb/s signals were successfully transmitted over five NZDSF spans of 80 km using RAGCSOAs. RAGCSOAs were also used to successfully transmit sixteen channels of 10 Gb/s WDM signals over four 40km spans of SMF with add-drops. No penalty was observed when 15 out of 16 channels were dynamically add/dropped in all the transmission systems. The RAGCSOA can be very compact when a GCSOA chip and a Raman pump LD chip are packaged in a module.

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Han Hyub Lee, Donghan Lee, Jung Mi Oh, Jinsoo Han, Hee Sang Chung, Kwang Joon Kim, Gyu Woong Lee, Jeong Seok Lee, I. K. Yoon, and Seong Taek Hwang "An optical amplifier for metro WDM networks, based on a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier", Proc. SPIE 5623, Passive Components and Fiber-based Devices, (10 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580463

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