Technical Insight
New telecom devices from Alcatel (New Devices)
Paris, France. Alcatel Optronics has released the 1906 OFA, a single channel EDFA amplifier dedicated to high bit-rate systems used in metropolitan links and optical cross-connects. The company s amplifier achieves +18 dBm (63 mW) of optical output power in the C-band (15281565 nm) using a single 980 nm pump module. Manufactured in-house, Alcatel s pump module maintains a noise figure of
