Title :
A DWDM demonstration of 3.73 Tb/s over 11,000 km using 373 RZ-DPSK channels at 10 Gb/s
Author :
Cai, J.-X. ; Foursa, D.G. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Cai, Y. ; Domagala, G. ; Li, H. ; Liu, L. ; Patterson, W.W. ; Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Nissov, M. ; Bergano, Neal S.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present the first multi-terabit/s transoceanic length transmission demonstration using the RZ-DPSK format at a 10 Gb/s channel data rate. Error-free performance for 373-10 Gb/s RZ-DPSK channels after 11,000 km was demonstrated.
Keywords :
channel capacity; channel spacing; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 11000 km; 3.73 Tbit/s; DWDM; RZ-DPSK channels; channel data rate; error-free performance; multiterabit/s transoceanic length transmission demonstration; Forward error correction; L-band; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248603
