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Evolution of EDFA from single-core to multi-core and related recent progress in optical communication

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A compact 1.48 μm InGaAsP laser-diode (LD)-pumped erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier (EDFA) was invented in 1989 and it revolutionized optical communication in combination with a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technique. Recently, in addition to the existing single-core EDFA, a multi-core EDFA, which employs space division multiplexing (SDM), was developed to increase transmission capacity even further. The first half of this paper describes the evolution of the EDFA from a single-core to a multi-core device and the second half focuses on related topics in optical communication.

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Nakazawa, M. Evolution of EDFA from single-core to multi-core and related recent progress in optical communication. OPT REV 21, 862–874 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-014-0139-1

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