High output power erbium doped waveguide amplifier for QAM distribution

C. McIntosh,J.-M.P. Delavaux,G.C. Wilson,Cyril Hullin,B. Neyret,Jacob Philipsen,Cedric Cassagnettes,Denis Barbier

High output power erbium doped waveguide amplifier for QAM distribution

2001

C. McIntosh
J.-M.P. Delavaux
G.C. Wilson
Cyril Hullin
B. Neyret
Jacob Philipsen
Cedric Cassagnettes
Denis Barbier

We report on the first Er/sup 3+/-Yb/sup 3+/ doped planar waveguide amplifier with +14 dBm output power which we use as a post-amplifier for the DWDM transmission of eight wavelengths, each carrying 35 6-MHz 64-QAM channels, over an unrepeated span of 175 km.

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Quadrature amplitude modulation
Waveguide (optics)
Amplifier
dBm
Waveguide
Optics
QAM
Distributed amplifier
Wavelength-division multiplexing
Electronic engineering
Engineering
Optical communication
Noise figure
Ytterbium
Erbium

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