New Field Trial Distance Record of 3040 km on Wide Reach WDM With 10 and 40 Gb/s Transmission Including OC-768 Traffic Without Regeneration

Author

Chen, David Z. ; Xia, Tiejun J. ; Wellbrock, Glenn ; Mamyshev, Pavel ; Penticost, Steve ; Grosso, Guido ; Puc, Andrej ; Perrier, Philippe ; Fevrier, Hervé

Author_Institution

Verizon, Richardson, TX

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

37

Abstract

Verizon successfully carried Juniper OC-768 traffic on its Richardson, TX, field trial network to 3040 and 2560 km, respectively, using Mintera´s 40-Gb/s RZ-DPSK and CS-RZ transponders over Xtera´s all Raman Ultra Long Haul system loaded with 68 times 10 Gb/s channels

Keywords

Raman lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; transponders; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2560 km; 3040 km; 40 Gbit/s; 680 Gbit/s; OC-768 traffic; Raman amplifier; Raman ultralong haul system; carrier-suppressed return-to-zero transponders; differential phase shift keying; field trial network; return-to-zero DPSK transponders; telecommunication channels; wavelength-division multiplexing; wide reach WDM; Channel spacing; Connectors; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber losses; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing; CSRZ; DGD; DPSK; DQPSK; EDFA; NRZ; OEO; PMD; Raman amplifier; ULH; VPI; duo-binary;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.889114

Filename

4137572