Nov 8 2010
Provider of telecommunication infrastructure solutions, ADVA Optical Networking has rolled out a new Raman amplifier technology to its FSP 3000 platform. The Raman amplifier technology will enable quicker connectivity along major financial trading routes that include New York to Toronto, London to Frankfurt, and Chicago to New York.
Raman amplification’s major advantage is its potential to offer amplification without requiring additional fiber to the fiber-optic network. Thus, it enables quicker transmission, and a shorter complete fiber path. The new Raman amplifier executes co-propagating and counter Raman amplification procedures, while conventional network implementations use high latency Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFAs) to bolster the obtained optical signal.
ADVA’s latest Raman technology overcomes power and gain control barriers to eradicate the EDFA amplification usage. Enabling amplification inside the transmission fiber substantially decreases the amount of amplifiers required to be installed over the entire network.
ADVA’s Chief Technology Officer, Christoph Glingener stated that the company has tested the new amplifiers, and made them functioning in their low-latency sandbox lab. Glingener added that the new Raman amplifier is an addition to the company’s extensive collection of low-latency Wavelength Division Multiplexing devices.