Title :
400 Gb/s transmission (40 Ch./spl times/10 Gb/s) over 544 km from a spectrum-sliced supercontinuum source
Author :
Boivin, L. ; Taccheo, S. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Schiffer, P. ; Buhl, L.W. ; Monnard, R. ; Lin, W.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the error-free transmission over 544 km of standard fiber of 40 channels at 9.953 Gb/s from a spectrum-sliced supercontinuum source. All but three of the transmitted channels have error floors better than log(BER)=/spl sim/16.
Keywords :
Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication channels; Wavelength division multiplexing; 544 km; 9.953 Gbit/s; Gb/s transmission; error floors; error-free transmission; spectrum-sliced supercontinuum source; standard fibre; telecommunication channels; transmitted channels; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical pulse generation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Supercontinuum generation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868397
