Long-Haul MCF Transmission Using Full C+L-Band 19-Core Cladding-Pumped EDFA

Full C+L-band 19-core cladding-pumped EDFA with 73-nm bandwidth has been fabricated and evaluated for the first time. Long-haul 12-core fibre transmission over 1,500 km using 14 and 13 cores with worse NF in C- and L-band 19-core EDFAs was demonstrated.