[TuC1] Optical Amplifiers

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[TuC1-4] Optical Noise Reduction by Employing FWM in In-line Optical Amplification

○Youichi Akasaka¹, Paparao Palacharla¹, Rongqing Hui², Shigehiro Takasaka³, Ryuichi Sugizaki³ (1. Fujitsu Network Communications (United States of America), 2. University of Kansas (United States of America), 3. Furukawa Electric Co., LTD. (Japan))

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Optical signal processing subsystems for optical communications

We develop a novel amplification technique to reduce inline noise generation. By adding OPA (FWM) in front of an EDFA, 5dB on/off OSNR and 1dB net NF improvements are achieved with >20dB net gain.