Title :
Field demonstration of up to 3Tb/s real-time superchannel transport over 359km using a fully managed flexible grid infrastructure with net spectral efficiency of 5.97bit/s/Hz
Author :
Yu Rong Zhou ; Smith, Kevin ; Payne, Roger ; Lord, Andrew ; Hopewell, Jonathan ; Weatherhead, John ; Jingxin Chen ; Jiankang Yao ; Wei Liu ; Chen Zhao ; Yong Xiong ; Zhimin Xiao ; Peiyuan Du
Author_Institution :
BT, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
We report the first successful field trial of up to 3Tb/s real-time DP-16QAM superchannel over 359km EDFA-amplified, fully managed flexible grid infrastructure using production grade hardware and software, achieving net spectral efficiency of 5.97bit/s/Hz.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; EDFA-amplified fully managed flexible grid infrastructure; net spectral efficiency; production grade hardware; production grade software; real-time DP-16QAM superchannel; real-time superchannel transport; Floors; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
