Title :
Transmission of 40×43 Gb/s over 2540 km of SMF with terrestrial 100 km spans using NRZ format
Author :
Bissessur, H. ; Bresson, C. ; Hebert, J. ; Soigné, J. ; Bouchenot, R. ; Bastide, C. ; Benomar, M. ; Hugbart, A. ; Ruggeri, S.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel CIT, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate 100 GHz-spaced 40×43 Gb/s WDM transmission over 2540 km of SMF fibre in a terrestrial configuration, with combined erbium and Raman amplification and a standard NRZ format. All channels perform better than the enhanced FEC limit.
Keywords :
Q-factor; erbium; forward error correction; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 GHz; 100 km; 2540 km; 40 Gbit/s; 43 Gbit/s; DCF fibre; Raman amplification; WDM transmission; enhanced forward error correction Q factor limit; erbium amplification; single mode fibre; standard NRZ format; terrestrial configuration; Bit error rate; Circuits; Delay; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; PIN photodiodes; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248541
