Abstract :
The world of telecommunications continues to grow in line with the increasing
needs of the community towards telecommunications services. The need for services is
increasing so that requires greater bandwidth. The Coarse Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (CWDM) system can be a solution to meet bandwidth requirements, but
damping can occur in remote transmissions that result in worsening system performance.
We designed the CWDM system using 8 channels with 20 nm channel spacing and 60 km
length of the link. To overcome the damping using the Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
(ADFA) amplifier and Raman Optical Amplifier (ROA). The study was conducted by
varying the laser power by -8, -6, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, and 6 dBm. Based on the results of tests
that have been done on Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) system using
EDFA on laser power -8, -6, -4, -2, and 0 dBm Bit Error Rate (BER) and Q-factor does
not meet the standard the value is below 10-12, while the 2, 4, and 6 dBm power meets the
standard. However, the use of ROA at -8 dBm to 6 dBm has met the standard.
Keywords: CWDM, EDFA, ROA, Power Received, Q-factor, BER