Title :
Terabit/s field trial over the first installed dispersion-flattened transpacific system
Author :
Bakhshi, B. ; Kovsh, D. ; Mohs, G. ; Lynch, R. ; Manna, M. ; Golovchenko, E. ; Patterson, W. ; Vaa, M. ; Corbett, P. ; Sanders, M. ; Li, H. ; Harvey, G. ; Abbott, S.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present results of a successful field trial at 96 × 12.3 Gb/s per fiber over the first installed dispersion-flattened transpacific system, 8991-km long, part of the Tyco Global Network™, plus experimental results for 128 × 12.3 Gb/s over the same path.
Keywords :
channel spacing; optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 12.3 Gbit/s; 128 Gbit/s; 8991 km; 96 Gbit/s; Tyco Global Network™; dispersion-flattened transpacific system; field trial; Bit error rate; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical recording; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248608
