Title :
40 × 112 Gb/s transmission over an unrepeatered 365 km effective area-managed span comprised of ultra-low loss optical fibre
Author :
Downie, John D. ; Hurley, Jason ; Cartledge, John ; Ten, Sergey ; Bickham, Scott ; Mishra, Snigdharaj ; Zhu, Xianming ; Kobyakov, Andrey
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate transmission of 40 × 112 Gb/s PM-QPSK channels over a 365 km unrepeatered span enabled by ultra-low loss fibres in an effective area-managed configuration using only backward-pumped Raman with 25 dB gain and EDFA amplification.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; quadrature phase shift keying; EDFA amplification; PM-QPSK channels; backward-pumped Raman; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; gain 25 dB; size 365 km; ultra-low loss optical fibre; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621438
