**Evaluation of Parametric and Hybrid Amplifier Applications in WDM Transmission Systems**

Vjaceslavs Bobrovs, Sergejs Olonkins, Sandis Spolitis, Jurgis Porins and Girts Ivanovs

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/67607

#### **Abstract**

Over the past two decades, a rapid expansion of the amount of information to be transferred has been observed. This tendency is explained by the rapid increase of Internet and other service users, as well as with the increasing availability of these services. This rapid growth in the amount of globally transmitted data is also associated with the expansion of the range of services offered, including such resource-consuming services as high-resolution video transmission, videoconferencing, and cloud computing, as well as with increasing popularity of such services. To satisfy this constantly increasing demand for higher network capacity, fiber optical transmission systems have been studied and applied with a growing intensity. Currently, optical transmission systems with wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) have attracted much attention, as this technology allows using the available optical fiber resources more effectively than alternative technologies.

**Keywords:** optical amplifiers, parametric amplifiers, hybrid amplifiers, fiber optics, EDFA, WDM
