Title :
32×40 Gbit/s WDM transmission over 1704 km
Author :
Hugbart, A. ; Uhel, R. ; Pitel, F. ; Vareille, G. ; Grandpierre, G. ; Gautheron, 0. ; Marcerou, J.F.
Abstract :
A 32×40 Gbit/s WDM transmission has been demonstrated over 1704 km dispersion managed fiber. The bit error ratio for all wavelengths ranges from 6×10-6 to 2×10-7 thus leading to a 1.3 dB system margin above the 11.5 dB Q limit of standard Reed-Solomon correction code.
Keywords :
Q-factor; error statistics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 1704 km; 40 Gbit/s; BER; EDFA; Q factor; Reed-Solomon correction code; WDM transmission; bit error ratio; dispersion managed fiber; long-haul transmission; recirculating loop; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Code standards; Error correction codes; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber testing; Optical transmitters; Q factor; Resource description framework; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989609
