Abstract
We compared the transmission performances of 600 Gbit/s PM‐64QAM WDM signals over 75.6 km of single‐mode fibre (SMF) using EDFA, discrete Raman, hybrid Raman/EDFA, and firstorder or second‐order (dual‐order) distributed Raman amplifiers. Our numerical simulations and experimental results showed that the simple first‐order distributed Raman scheme with backward pumping delivered the best transmission performance among all the schemes, notably better than the expected second‐order Raman scheme, which gave a flatter signal power variation along the fibre. Using the first‐order backward Raman pumping scheme demonstrated a better balance between the ASE noise and fibre nonlinearity and gave an optimal transmission performance over a relatively short distance of 75 km SMF.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 6521 |
Journal | Sensors |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 19 |
ISSN | 1424-8220 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant EP/S003436/1 (PHOS), EP/V000969/1 (ARGON), Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Grant 12300060, and National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant 61975027.
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Keywords
- Optical fibre communication
- Raman amplification