Title :
12,220 km error-free 68 × 10 Gb/s transmission
Author :
Leroy, J.B. ; Marmier, P. ; Vareille, G. ; Julien, B. ; Le Flao, C.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Viliarceaux, Alcatel, Nozay
Abstract :
We report a 68times10 Gb/s transmission over 12220 km using CRZ format with 0.5 nm channel spacing in the C-band. Using a single stage Reed-Solomon code, a BER below 10-13 is observes for all channels. The comparison with RZ modulation format exhibits about 2 dB performance improvement
Keywords :
Reed-Solomon codes; channel spacing; error statistics; marine communication; optical fibre communication; underwater optics; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 12220 km; BER; C-band; CRZ format; RZ modulation format; WDM transmission; channel spacing; error-free transmission; single stage Reed-Solomon code; Bit error rate; Degradation; Error correction; Extraterrestrial measurements; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Phase modulation; Q factor; Q measurement; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
