Abstract
The dynamic range of semiconductor optical amplifiers is increased considerably at high bit rates by amplifying dispersed WDM signals. We demonstrate a fivefold increase in the dynamic range in a WDM experiment at channel rates of 20 Gbit/s (7×20 Gbit/s).
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