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Review of Comparative Booster Performances of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and Erbium-doped-fiber Amplifier for use in Future Long-haul Optical Networks
1Riyam A. Johni, 3David I. Forsyth and 2Kanar R. Tariq
1Kurdistan Technical Institute
2Technical College of Informatics, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Sulaymaniyah, KRG, Iraq
3Lightwave Communication Research Group (LCRG), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2016 7:606-610
Received: June 19, 2016 | Accepted: August 5, 2016 | Published: October 05, 2016
Abstract
This study reviews the performance of the Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) photonic device with the classic Erbium-doped-fiber-amplifier (EDFA). In certain situations, we report that the SOA out-performs the EDFA, particularly in terms of gain and Q-factor and BER of the post-amplified received signal. This substantiates its potential as a viable replacement for the EDFA in future all-optical, long haul networks.
Keywords:
Amplifier , BER, erbium, gain , Q factor, semiconductor,
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