Title :
42/spl times/42.7 Gb/s RZ-DPSK transmission over a 4820 km long NZDSF deployed line using C-band-only EDFAs
Author :
Becouarn, L. ; Vareille, G. ; Dupont, S. ; Plantady, P. ; Marcerou, J.F. ; Klekamp, A. ; Dischler, R. ; Idler, W. ; Charlet, G.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel, Nozay, France
Abstract :
The transmission of 42 RZ-DPSK channels at 42.7 Gb/s is demonstrated over 4820 km of NZDSF deployed line with more than 3 dB margin. A performance comparison with the same capacity using 166/spl times/10 Gb/s DPSK is demonstrated.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 10 Gbit/s; 166 Gbit/s; 3 dB; 42 Gbit/s; 42.7 Gbit/s; 4820 km; C-band; EDFA; RZ-DPSK transmission; nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber deployed line;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
