Title :
Transmission of 40 x 200 Gbit/s polarisation division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keyed channels over 6600 km
Author :
Bertran-Pardo, Oriol ; Renaudier, Jeremie ; Idler, W. ; Mardoyan, H. ; Salsi, Massimiliano ; Tran, P. ; Charlet, G. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
WDM Dynamic Networks Dept., Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
The first transoceanic WDM transmission at 200 Gbit/s, using PDM-QPSK, coherent detection, ultra-low-loss large effective area fibre and erbium-doped fibre amplifiers is demonstrated.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; PDM-QPSK; bit rate 200 Gbit/s; channel transmission; coherent detection; erbium-doped fibre amplifier; polarisation division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keyed channel; transoceanic WDM transmission; ultra low loss large effective area fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.2092
