Title :
6 Tb/s unrepeatered transmission of 60 × 100 Gb/s PDM-RZ QPSK channels with 40 GHz Spacing over 437 km
Author :
Bissessur, H. ; Etienne, S. ; Bousselet, P. ; Ruggeri, S. ; Mongardien, D.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We present a 60 × 100 Gb/s unrepeatered transmission experiment at 2.5 b/s/Hz spectral efficiency over a record distance of 437 km of ultra-low loss fibre, with a high power booster and third-order Raman pumping. We also assess the penalty of 40 GHz compared to 50 GHz channel spacing.
Keywords :
channel spacing; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; quadrature phase shift keying; PDM-RZ QPSK channels; bit rate 6 Tbit/s; channel spacing; distance 437 km; frequency 40 GHz; high power booster; polarisation division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying; spectral efficiency; third-order Raman pumping; ultralow loss fibre; unrepeatered transmission; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
