Performance of erbium-doped fibre amplifier in 16-channel coherent broadcast network

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Published 22/07/2012

Abstract

The performance of an erbium-doped fibre amplifier in a 16-channel coherent broadcast network operating at 155Mbit/s has been experimentally investigated. A fibre-tofibre gain of 22 dB at 1540nm allowed simulation of a network that serves 256 end-users over a distance of 102 km.

Inspec keywords: optical links; optical fibres

Other keywords: 1540 nm; 16-channel coherent broadcast network; 155 Mbit/s; fibre amplifier; simulation; fibre-to-fibre gain; 22 dB

Subjects: Fibre optics; Optical communication

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