Title :
Real-time gridless 800G super-channel transport field trial over 410km using coherent DP-16 QAM
Author :
Yu Rong Zhou ; Smith, K. ; Payne, Roger ; Lord, Andrew ; Whalley, Glenn ; Bennett, Tex ; Maniloff, Eric ; Alexander, Savchenko ; Boymel, David
Author_Institution :
British Telecommun., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
We report the first successful trial of real-time gridless 800G super-channel over a 410km DCM-less, EDFA-only fibre link using production grade DP - 16QAM, demonstrating 4.76b/s/Hz spectral efficiency, stable error free performance and robust PMD tolerance.
Keywords :
quadrature amplitude modulation; EDFA-only fibre link; coherent DP-16 QAM; real-time gridless super-channel transport field trial; robust PMD tolerance; spectral efficiency; stable error free performance; Channel spacing; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Real-time systems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu2B.3
