Title :
3.2 Tb/s (80 × 40 Gb/s) C-band transmission over 3 × 100 km with 0.8 bit/s/Hz efficiency
Author :
Bissessur, H. ; Charlet, G. ; Simonneau, C. ; Borne, S. ; Pierre, L. ; de Barros, C. ; Tran, P. ; Idler, W. ; Dischler, R.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate 50 GHz-spaced 80 × 40 Gbit/s WDM transmission over 300 km of TeraLight™ fibre without polarisation demultiplexing, using the PSBT format. A record capacity of 3.2 Tbit/s is thus achieved over the C-band only, with a spectral efficiency of 0.8 bit/s/Hz.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; 3.2 Tbit/s; 300 km; C-band transmission; PSBT format; TeraLight fibre; WDM; WDM transmission; phase-shaped binary transmission; spectral efficiency; wavelength division multiplexing; Costs; Filtering; Frequency; Low pass filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Technological innovation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989030
