Title :
Unrepeatered transmission of 3.2-Tb/s (32×120-Gb/s) over 445-km fiber link with Aeff managed span
Author :
Zhu, Benpeng ; Borel, P. ; Carlson, K. ; Jiang, Xinyang ; Peckham, D.W. ; Lingle, R.J.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated 3.2-Tb/s (32×120-Gb/s) unrepeatered transmission over 445-km fiber with Aeff-managed-span. This was achieved by employing co-propagating second-order pumped Raman amplification and ROPA. This paper also discusses design trade-off for performance enhancement of unrepeatered transmission.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical links; optical transmitters; Aeff-managed-span; ROPA; byte rate 3.2 TByte/s; second-order pumped Raman amplification; unrepeatered transmission; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0