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1. Introduction:
Optical amplifiers, as the key technology for optical
communication networks, have made it possible to
transmit many terabits of data over distances from a
few hundred kilometers and up to transoceanic
distances
with
wavelength-division
multiplexing
channels
transmission
over
distance
the
of
same
any
fiber.
optical
The
fiber
orders
of
magnitude
without
requiring
for
current
and
future
communication
components
required
for
an
electronic
erbium-doped
fiber
amplifier
(EDFA),
the
amplified
systems.
EDFA
is
an
it
is
motivated
to
long-lifetime
resulting in amplification.
be
used
to
amplify
optical
signals
at
other
operate
in
similar
way
to
standard
lasing),
semiconductor
and
are
butterfly
packaged
packages.
in
Unlike
small
other
drawbacks
makes
SOAs
unsuitable
for
the fiber.
two
unique
advantages
over
other
communication
networks,
enabling
the
concretely
introducing
optical
amplifiers