Title :
16.2-Tb/s field trial over 2,531-km of installed SSMF with DP-QPSK optical superchannels
Author :
Huang, Y.-K. ; Huang, M.-F. ; Ip, E. ; Mateo, E. ; Tanaka, A. ; Qian, D. ; Shao, Y. ; Wang, T. ; Aono, Y. ; Tajima, T. ; Xia, T.J. ; Wellbrock, G.A.
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report 16.2-Tb/s transmission over 32×79.1-km spans of field fiber using optical superchannels with DP-QPSK modulated subcarriers. The achieved capacity-distance product of 40.9-Pb/s-km is the highest reported to date for a field trial.
Keywords :
channel capacity; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; wireless channels; DP-QPSK modulated subcarriers; DP-QPSK optical superchannels; bit rate 16.2 Tbit/s; capacity-distance product; dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying; field- installed standard single-mode fiber; installed SSMF; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276156
