Comparison of EDFA and bidirectionally pumped Raman amplifier in a40-Gb/s RZ transmission system |
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| Authors: | Helczynski L. Berntson A. |
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| Affiliation: | Dept. of Electromagn., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg; |
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| Abstract: | We numerically compare the performance of a bidirectionally pumped Raman and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) system in a 40-Gb/s dispersion-managed return-to-zero (RZ) transmission. The Raman amplifier system shows a substantially higher Q-value compared to that of the EDFA |
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