Research Article

Comparison of the Optical Amplifiers EDFA and SOA Based on the BER and -Factor in C-Band

Table 1

Final values of BER and -factor for all four channels of WDM.

Optical amplifierWavelength [nm]BER-factor

EDFA15662.5966
SOA3.8744

EDFA15624.8765
SOA4.6808

EDFA15586.5461
SOA4.0647

EDFA15547.6987
SOA4.7197