Title :
Transmission of 112 Gb/s PM-QPSK signals over 7200 km of optical fiber with very large effective area and ultra-low loss in 100 km spans with EDFAs only
Author :
Downie, John D. ; Hurley, Jason ; Cartledge, John ; Bickham, Scott ; Mishra, Snigdharaj
Author_Institution :
SP-AR-02-1, Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate transmission of 16×112 Gb/s PM-QPSK signals over an optical fiber with effective area of 134 μm2 and attenuation of 0.162 dB/km. We demonstrate transmission over 7200 km with 100 km span lengths.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre networks; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; EDFA; PM-QPSK signal; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; optical fiber; optical transmission system; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
