Title :
800km transmission of 5×450-Gb/s PDM-32QAM on the 50GHz grid using electrical and optical spectral shaping
Author :
Zhou, X. ; Nelson, L. ; Isaac, R. ; Magill, P. ; Zhu, B. ; Peckham, D.W. ; Borel, P. ; Carlson, K.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs.-Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report 8×100km transmission of five 450 Gbits/s PDM-32QAM DWDM signals over ultra-large-area fiber and one 50 GHz-grid WSS-based ROADM at 8.4b/s/Hz spectral efficiency, enabled by the combined use of electrical and optical spectral shaping techniques.
Keywords :
light polarisation; multiplexing equipment; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; PDM-32QAM DWDM signals; bit rate 450 Gbit/s; distance 800 km; electrical spectral shaping; frequency 50 GHz; grid WSS-based ROADM; optical spectral shaping; polarization-division-multiplexed signals; spectral efficiency; ultra-large-area fiber; Adaptive optics; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
