Title :
Transmission of 1.6 Tb/s (40×42.7 Gb/s) over transoceanic distance with terrestrial 100-km amplifier spans
Author :
Zhu, B. ; Nelson, L. ; Leng, L. ; Stulz, S. ; Pedersen, M. ; Peckham, D.
Author_Institution :
OFS, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Forty 42.7-Gb/s, 100-GHz-spaced WDM channels were transmitted over 6000 km of Ultra-Wave™ fiber using 100-km dispersion-managed fiber spans. This is the first transoceanic length DWDM demonstration at 40 Gb/s using terrestrial amplifier span lengths.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.6 Tbit/s; 100 GHz; 100 km; 6000 km; WDM channels; dispersion-managed fiber span; terrestrial amplifier; transoceanic distance; transoceanic length DWDM demonstration; Forward error correction; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Stimulated emission; Underwater vehicles; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248540
