1.28 Tb/s (32×40 Gb/s) transmission over 4,500 km

Author

Cai, J.X. ; Nissov, M. ; Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Mu, R.-M. ; Mills, M.A. ; Xu, L. ; Foursa, D. ; Menges, R. ; Corbett, P.C. ; Sutton, D. ; Bergano, Neal S.

Author_Institution

TyCom Labs., Eatontown, NJ, USA

Volume

6

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

4

Abstract

To traverse transoceanic distances with 40 Gb/s DWDM channels require numerous challenges to be overcome. We have demonstrated 1.28 Tb/s (32×40 Gb/s) transmission over 4,500 km using only those techniques and technologies capable of being developed for field deployment. These include return-to-zero (RZ) modulation format, dispersion and dispersion-slope matched fiber spans with large effective area, wide bandwidth C-band EDFAs, and standard 7% forward error correction (FEC). We achieved this result without any Raman amplification, L-band EDFAs or in-line regeneration.

Keywords

forward error correction; modulation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.28 Tbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; 4500 km; C-band EDFA; DWDM; FEC; dispersion matched fiber; dispersion slope matched fiber; forward error correction; return-to-zero modulation format; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Decoding; Error correction; Forward error correction; Laboratories; Milling machines; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.989021

Filename

989021