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[WH1-4] Silica-based EDFA’s Gain Bandwidth Expansion with Flexible Gain Tilt to Simplify Multiband ROADM Node Architecture

○Youichi Akasaka¹, Paparao Palacharla¹ (1. Fujitsu Network Communications (United States of America))

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Fiber/waveguide amplifiers and lasers

We propose to expand the gain-bandwidth of Silica based EDFA up to continuous 100nm with >15dB gain with flexible gain tilt incorporated with Raman amplification to simplify S-C-L-tri-band ROADM node architecture by inherent wide gain-bandwidth.