A. The glass core is doped with an Erbium in periodic segments of the fiber.
B. Layers of high index ？and low index ？material are deposited on a glass substrate.
C. Thin layers of silica glass are placed onto wafers to produce a prism-like effect.
D. Fiber is etched with an ultraviolet laser that is precisely spaced for specific wavelength filtering.

A. offset the OADM loss at site B
B. overcome the high multiplexer loss at site A
C. amplify signal levels after the high loss through Fiber Span 1
D. adjust add channels at site B to be at the same level as the passthrough channels
E. ensure that the per channel power is higher than the minimum needed for the post-amp at Site B