[TuB2] Ultra-Wideband Transmission

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[TuB2-4] Low-Noise Forward Pumping with Optimized Longitudinal Modes for Distributed Raman Amplifier in S+C+L-Band Transmission

○Hiroto Kawakami¹, Fukutaro Hamaoka¹, Kosuke Kimura¹, Masanori Nakamura¹, Takeo Sasai¹, Takayuki Kobayashi¹, Yutaka Miyamoto¹, Etsushi Yamazaki¹ (1. NTT Corporation (Japan))

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Transmission impairments and their mitigations

We show the improvement of signal quality in S+C+L-band transmission using a low-beat-noise forward pumping. After 1200-km transmission, the measured signal-to-noise ratios were improved by more than 0.7 dB compared to using a conventional technique.