Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers design strategies to optimize capacity in submarine systems

Juliana Tiburcio de Araujo; Alberto Bononi; Jean-Christophe Antona; Alexis Carbo Meseguer; Christian Simonneau

doi:10.1117/12.2649062

15 March 2023 Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers design strategies to optimize capacity in submarine systems

Juliana Tiburcio de Araujo, Alberto Bononi, Jean-Christophe Antona, Alexis Carbo Meseguer, Christian Simonneau

Proceedings Volume 12429, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems XII; 124290G (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649062
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We revisit the design strategies of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) submarine links over transoceanic distances. We particularly investigate the optimization of EDFA settings such as fiber length, optical bandwidth and population inversion to maximize the power efficiency and/or achievable information rate (AIR) at fixed span length. When optical bandwidth is fixed, we show the existence of a unique EDFA optimum setting whatever the pump power, provided Kerr-effect is overlooked. When accounting for Kerr-effect, the EDFA parameters can be adjusted to improve AIR as pump power increases. We also show a performance enhancement when working with a variable bandwidth design at very-low and very-high pump powers.

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Juliana Tiburcio de Araujo, Alberto Bononi, Jean-Christophe Antona, Alexis Carbo Meseguer, and Christian Simonneau "Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers design strategies to optimize capacity in submarine systems", Proc. SPIE 12429, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems XII, 124290G (15 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649062

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