E-, S-, C- and L-band coherent transmission with a multistage discrete Raman amplifier

Abstract

We report for the first time an ultra-wideband coherent (UWB) WDM transmission over a 70 km standard single mode fibre (SSMF) solely using a multistage discrete Raman amplifier (DRA) over the E-, S-, C- and L-bands of the optical window. The amplifier is based on a split-combine approach of spectral bands enabling signal amplification from 1410-1605 nm over an optical bandwidth of 195 nm (25.8 THz). The proposed amplifier was characterized with 143 channelized amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) dummy channels in the S-, C- and L-bands and 4 laser sources in the E-band (1410–1605 nm). The amplification results show an average gain of 14 dB and a maximum noise figure (NF) of 7.5 dB over the entire bandwidth. Coherent transmission with the proposed amplifier was performed using a 30 Gbaud PM-16-QAM channel coupled with the ASE channels over a 70 km SMF. The ultra-wideband transmission using the tailored multistage DRA shows transmission bandwidth of 195 nm with a maximum Q2 penalty of ∼4 dB in E- and S-band, and ∼2 dB in C- and L-band.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.474327
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Additional Information: © 2022. Published by Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Funding Information Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M009092/1, EP/V000969/1); H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (814276).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 1094-4087
Last Modified: 02 Dec 2024 08:46
Date Deposited: 02 Dec 2022 13:19
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2022-11-21
Accepted Date: 2022-10-24
Authors: Hazarika, Pratim (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-2515-9782)
Tan, Mingming (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-0822-8160)
Donodin, Aleksandr (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-5715-1438)
Noor, Shabnam
Phillips, Ian (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-2776-8939)
Harper, Paul (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-9495-9911)
Stone, Jeffery S.
Li, Ming Jun
Forysiak, Wladek (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5411-1193)

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