Title :
1.94Tb/s (11×176Gb/s) DP-16QAM superchannel transmission over 640km EDFA-only SSMF and two 280GHz WSSs
Author :
Jianqiang Li ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
Using an improved receiver-side spectral shaping technique, we successfully transmitted 1.936 Tb/s (11×176 Gb/s) DP-16QAM superchannel signal over 8×80 km EDFA-only SSMF and two 280 GHz WSSs in support of future 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet with up to 20% FEC overhead.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; quadrature amplitude modulation; DP 16QAM superchannel transmission; EDFA; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Ethernet; SSMF; WSS; bandwidth 280 GHz; bit rate 1.6 Tbit/s; bit rate 1.94 Tbit/s; distance 640 km; quadrature amplitude modulation; receiver side spectral shaping technique; standard single-mode fiber; wavelength selective switch; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
