In lightly loaded ultra-long WDM systems, which use idlers for power management, we show experimentally that a higher inline EDFA output power can significantly reduce the PHB-induced performance fluctuations, with enhanced system margin in result.
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Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Date of Conference: 25-29 March 2007