Optical Channel Capacity Upgrade Based on Multiwavelength Conversion XGM Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for Access Networks

Table 1

Pump power classification for proposed system.

Case	Pump power (dBm)	Pump 1541 nm	CW1554 nm	CW1558 nm
a	−36, −33	✗	✗	✗
b	−30 to −9	√	✗	✗
c	−6 to 3	√	√	√