Title :
Field experiment with mixed line-rate transmission (112-Gb/s, 450-Gb/s, and 1.15-Tb/s) over 3,560 km of installed fiber using filterless coherent receiver and EDFAs only
Author :
Xia, Tiejun J. ; Wellbrock, Glenn A. ; Huang, Yue-Kai ; Ip, Ezra ; Huang, Ming-Fang ; Shao, Yin ; Wang, Ting ; Aono, Yoshiaki ; Tajima, Tsutomu ; Murakami, Shuji ; Cvijetic, Milorad
Author_Institution :
Verizon, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
First field experiment with mixed line-rate transmission of 100-Gb/s, 450-Gb/s, and 1.15-Tb/s performed over record distance of 3,560 km field fiber with EDFAs only. Results prove increasing capacity and efficiency is possible without sacrificing reach.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical receivers; EDFA; Er; bit rate 1.15 Tbit/s; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; bit rate 450 Gbit/s; filterless coherent receiver; mixed line-rate transmission; size 3560 km; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers;
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
