Title :
40G field trial with 0.8 bits/s/Hz spectral efficiency over 6,550 km of installed undersea cable
Author :
Cai, J.-X. ; Turukhin, A. ; Anderson, W.T. ; Patterson, W.W. ; Berkowitz, G. ; Figueiredo, J.C. ; Kellner, W. ; Mazurczyk, M. ; Marino, T. ; Valvo, G. ; Li, B. ; Mohs, G. ; Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Bergano, Neal S.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Electron. Subsea Commun. LLC, Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We successfully demonstrated 64×40Gb/s transmission over 6,550km installed undersea cable using SubCom´s 40G transceivers. More than 3.3dB FEC margin for all measured channels was achieved matching our simulator predictions.
Keywords :
optical cables; optical fibre networks; SubCom 40G transceivers; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit rate 64 Gbit/s; size 6550 km; spectral efficiency; undersea cable; Optical fiber cables; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Q factor; Signal to noise ratio; Transceivers; Transmission line measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
