Title :
WDM transmission at 6 Tbit/s capacity over transatlantic distance, using 42.7Gb/s differential phase-shift keying without pulse carver
Author :
Charlet, G. ; Corbel, E. ; Lazaro, J. ; Klekamp, A. ; Dischler, R. ; Tran, P. ; Idle, W. ; Mardoyan, H. ; Konczykowska, A. ; Jorge, F. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We report the transmission of a record 6 Tbit/s capacity over 6,120 km distance, involving channels modulated at 42.7 Gb/s bit-rate with differential phase-shift keying (DPSK). The performance is found similar to DPSK with subsequent pulse carving, namely RZ-DPSK.
Keywords :
channel spacing; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; 42.7 Gbit/s; 6 Tbit/s; DPSK; WDM transmission; channels modulation; differential phase-shift keying; pulse carver; transatlantic distance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
