• DocumentCode
    2058978
  • Title

    Multi-rate (111-Gb/s, 2x43-Gb/s, and 8x10.7-Gb/s) transmission at 50-GHz channel spacing over 1040-km field-deployed fiber

  • Author

    Xia, T.J. ; Wellbrock, G. ; Peterson, D. ; Lee, W. ; Pollock, M. ; Basch, B. ; Chen, D. ; Freiberger, M. ; Alfiad, M. ; de Waardt, H. ; Kuschnerov, M. ; Lankl, B. ; Wuth, T. ; Schmidt, E.D. ; Spinnler, B. ; Weiske, C.J. ; de Man, E. ; Xie, C. ; van den Bo

  • Author_Institution
    Verizon Commun., Richardson, TX
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    111-Gb/s transmission combined with 2 times 43-Gb/s and 8 times 10.7-Gb/s on a 50-GHz grid over 1,040-km field fiber and two ROADMs is demonstrated, showing the feasibility of 100G overlaying existing 10G/40G commercial systems.
  • Keywords
    channel spacing; optical fibre communication; bit rate 10.7 Gbit/s; bit rate 111 Gbit/s; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; channel spacing; distance 1040 km; field-deployed fiber; multirate transmission; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; Forward error correction; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical propagation; Optical signal processing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729413
  • Filename
    4729413