Simple Broadband Bismuth Doped Fiber Amplifier (BDFA) to Extend O-Band Transmission Reach and Capacity

We developed a simple silica-based BDFA with 80nm 6-dB gain-bandwidth flexibly centred within 1305–1325nm, and parameters comparable to EDFAs. The amplifier can extend 400GBASE-LR8 transmission (8×26.6 Gbaud/s PAM-4 channels) beyond 50 km of G.652 fiber.

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