Title :
WDM transmission of 603-Gb/s superchannels over 845 km of 7-core fiber with 42.2 b/s/Hz spectral efficiency
Author :
Gnauck, A.H. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Liu, Xindong ; Randel, S. ; Corteselli, S. ; Taunay, Thierry F. ; Zhu, Benpeng ; Fishteyn, M.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate 845-km WDM transmission of eight 100-GHz-spaced 603-Gb/s superchannels in each core of a 76.8-km 7-core fiber placed in a recirculating loop. Space- and polarization-division multiplexing of 16-QAM OFDM signals yields a spectral efficiency of 42.2 b/s/Hz.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; space division multiplexing; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 16-QAM OFDM signals; 7-core fiber; WDM transmission; bit rate 603 Gbit/s; distance 76.8 km; distance 845 km; frequency 100 GHz; polarization-division multiplexing; space-division multiplexing; spectral efficiency; superchannels; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; OFDM; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
