O-band Pump Optimized Bismuth Doped Fiber Amplifier with 3.8 dB Noise Figure
Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany
Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Donodin, Aleksandr; Mikhailov, Vitaly; Luo, Jiawei; Forysiak, Wladek; DiGiovanni, David J.; Turitsyn, Sergei K.
Abstract:
We experimentally compare pumping schemes of an O-band bismuth-doped fiber amplifier to optimize its performance. We achieve maximum gain of 24.7 dB and record minimal NF of 3.8 dB. We also demonstrate amplified transmission of 400 Gb/s QSFP-DD LR-4 module over 20 km distance.