@inproceedings{discovery10197347, volume = {317}, publisher = {VDE VERLAG GmbH}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 50th European Conference on Optical Communication}, title = {Impact of launch power optimisation in hybrid-amplified links}, year = {2024}, series = {ITG-Fachberichte}, note = {This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.}, pages = {966--969}, url = {https://www.vde-verlag.de/books/456426/itg-fb-317-ecoc-2024.html}, abstract = {Per-channel launch power optimisation in a hybrid-amplified link with optimised pump powers and wavelengths is described. Compared to using the optimum spectrally uniform launch power, an average SNR gain of 0.13 dB is obtained against 0.56 dB for the same system operating with lumped amplifiers only}, author = {Buglia, Henrique and Sillekens, Eric and Galdino, Lidia and Killey, Robert and Bayvel, Polina} }