16.2-Tb/s field trial over 2,531-km of installed SSMF with DP-QPSK optical superchannels

Yue-Kai Huang,Ming-Fang Huang,Ezra Ip,Eduardo Mateo,Akihiro Tanaka,Dayou Qian,Yin Shao,Ting Wang,Yoshiaki Aono,Tsutomu Tajima,T. J. Xia,Glenn A. Wellbrock

16.2-Tb/s field trial over 2,531-km of installed SSMF with DP-QPSK optical superchannels

2012

Yue-Kai Huang
Ming-Fang Huang
Ezra Ip
Eduardo Mateo
Akihiro Tanaka
Dayou Qian
Yin Shao
Ting Wang
Yoshiaki Aono
Tsutomu Tajima
T. J. Xia
Glenn A. Wellbrock

We report 16.2-Tb/s transmission over 32×79.1-km spans of field fiber using optical superchannels with DP-QPSK modulated subcarriers. The achieved capacity-distance product of 40.9-Pb/s-km is the highest reported to date for a field trial.

Keywords:

Fiber optic splitter
Optical modulation amplitude
Multi-mode optical fiber
Optical cross-connect
Fiber-optic communication
Plastic optical fiber
Geology
Polarization-maintaining optical fiber
Telecommunications
Electronic engineering
Optical performance monitoring
optical polarization
Materials science
Optics

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