Title :
640 Gb/s transmission of sixty-four 10 Gb/s WDM channels over 7200 km with 0.33 (bits/s)/Hz spectral efficiency
Author :
Bergano, N.S. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Chen, C.J. ; Pedersen, B. ; Mills, M.A. ; Ramanujam, N. ; Kidorf, H.D. ; Puc, A.B. ; Levonas, M.D. ; Abdelkader, H.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Submarine Syst. Ltd., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Sixty-four 10 gb/s WDM channels were transmitted over 7200 km is a spectral bandwidth of 15.1 nm for a spectral efficiency of 0.33 (bits/s)Hz. Error free operation was achieved for all channels.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; telecommunication channels; 10 Gbit/s; 640 Gbit/s; 7200 km; Gb/s WDM channels; Gb/s transmission; Hz spectral efficiency; error free operation; spectral bandwidth; spectral efficiency; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Forward error correction; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766035
