120.7-Tb/s (7 SDM/180 WDM/95.8 Gb/s) MCF-ROPA un epeatered transmission of PDM-32QAM channels over 204 km

Author

Takara, Hidehiko ; Mizuno, Takayuki ; Kawakami, H. ; Miyamoto, Yutaka ; Masuda, Hiroji ; Kitamura, Kokoro ; Ono, H. ; Asakawa, Shuichirou ; Amma, Yoshimichi ; Hirakawa, Keisuke ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Tsujikawa, Kyozo ; Yamada, Makoto

Author_Institution

NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate 120.7-Tb/s SDM/WDM unrepeatered transmission over a 204-km 7-core fiber with aggregate spectral efficiency of 53.6 b/s/Hz using a remotely pumped 7-core EDFA and Raman amplification. 17.2-Tb/s (180 × 95.8 Gb/s) PDM-32QAM signals have been transmitted at each core.

Keywords

quadrature amplitude modulation; space division multiplexing; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 7-core fiber; MCF-ROPA; PDM-32QAM channels; PDM-32QAM signals; Raman amplification; SDM/WDM unrepeatered transmission; aggregate spectral efficiency; bit rate 120.7 Tbit/s; bit rate 17.2 Tbit/s; bit rate 180 Gbit/s; bit rate 95.8 Gbit/s; distance 204 km; remotely pumped 7-core EDFA; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical pumping; Q-factor; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Cannes

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964265

Filename

6964265