Limitations Due to Er-Doped Optical Amplifier Noise and Stimulated Raman Scattering in Optic-Frequency Division Multiplexed Communications

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In this paper, system limitations of an optic-frequency division multiplexed commu nication link are evaluated due to stimulated Raman scattering and noise in erbium-doped optical fiber amplifiers. It is shown that the product of the number of optical amplifiers and the gain (i.e., total gain) are limited by a factor that depends upon the number of channels, channel spacing and required signal-to-noise ratio (bit-error-rate), etc. Thus an indefinite increase in the number of amplifiers and or amplifier gain may not extend the repeaterless distance significantly while keeping the bit-error-rate above a minimum level. Numerical results show that appropriate choice of optical amplifier gain can improve the bit-error-rate of the worst effected channel without adding significant requirements on the receiver. However, large changes in the amplifier gain cannot be allowed if the receiver dynamic range is to be kept small.

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