On High-Power Optical Amplification in Hollow Core Fibers for Energy Efficiency and Network Throughput Maximization
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:
Sticca, Giovanni; Ibrahimi, Memedhe; Di Cicco, Nicola; Musumeci, Francesco; Tornatore, Massimo
Abstract:
We investigate how to optimally set the EDFA output power in Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) networks. We show that, using high-power amplification, HCF allows 2.4x increase in throughput and 52% decrease in transponders along with a 41% reduction in EDFAs power consumption per Tbps.