{"ID":2888779,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22616","arxiv_id":"2507.22616","title":"Measurement and Analysis of the Power Consumption of Hybrid-Amplified SCL-band Links","abstract":"We studied the power consumption of hybrid-amplified SCL-band links using commercial benchtop amplifiers and Raman pumps. We show a reduction in energy per bit for multi-span hybrid Raman amplified links of up to 26% versus lumped amplification.","short_abstract":"We studied the power consumption of hybrid-amplified SCL-band links using commercial benchtop amplifiers and Raman pumps. We show a reduction in energy per bit for multi-span hybrid Raman amplified links of up to 26% versus lumped amplification.","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22616","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.22616v1","authors":"[\"Ronit Sohanpal\",\"Jiaqian Yang\",\"Eric Sillekens\",\"Henrique Buglia\",\"Mingming Tan\",\"Dini Pratiwi\",\"Robert I. Killey\",\"Polina Bayvel\"]","published":"2025-07-30T12:36:47Z","proceeding":"eess.SP","tasks":"[\"eess.SP\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}