• DocumentCode
    670853
  • Title

    1.94Tb/s (11×176Gb/s) DP-16QAM superchannel transmission over 640km EDFA-only SSMF and two 280GHz WSSs

  • Author

    Jianqiang Li ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Using an improved receiver-side spectral shaping technique, we successfully transmitted 1.936 Tb/s (11×176 Gb/s) DP-16QAM superchannel signal over 8×80 km EDFA-only SSMF and two 280 GHz WSSs in support of future 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet with up to 20% FEC overhead.
  • Keywords
    erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; quadrature amplitude modulation; DP 16QAM superchannel transmission; EDFA; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Ethernet; SSMF; WSS; bandwidth 280 GHz; bit rate 1.6 Tbit/s; bit rate 1.94 Tbit/s; distance 640 km; quadrature amplitude modulation; receiver side spectral shaping technique; standard single-mode fiber; wavelength selective switch; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706106