Title :
1-Tb/s PDM-32QAM superchannel transmission at 6.7-b/s/Hz over SSMF and 150-GHz-grid ROADMs
Author :
Renaudier, Jeremie ; Muller, Rafael Rios ; Schmalen, Laurent ; Tran, P. ; Brindel, P. ; Charlet, G.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs. Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We report on transmission of 1Tb/s superchannel occupying 150 GHz bandwidth under constraints of legacy optical networks. Using standard 50-GHz grid WSS, we assess the impact of filtering stemming from add/drop nodes over a 1Tb/s superchannel with 6.7-bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; quadrature amplitude modulation; PDM 32QAM superchannel transmission; ROADMs; SSMF; bandwidth 150 GHz; bit rate 6.7 bit/s; filtering stemming; frequency 50 GHz; legacy optical networks; spectral efficiency; Filtering; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963854
