Hybrid 107-Gb/s Polarization-Multiplexed DQPSK and 42.7-Gb/s DQPSK Transmission at 1.4-bits/s/Hz Spectral Efficiency over 1280 km of SSMF and 4 Bandwidth-Managed ROADMs
Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication - Post-Deadline Papers
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: ECOC 2007
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Chandrasekhar, S.; Liu, X.; Burrows, E. C.; Buhl, L. L. (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Rd. R-229, Holmdel, NJ 07733)
Abstract:
We demonstrate the first hybrid DWDM transmission of 107-Gb/s and 42.7-Gb/s channels with 1.4-bits/s/Hz spectral efficiency. 16 polarization-multiplexed 107-Gb/s RZ-DQPSK and 42.7-Gb/s RZ-DQPSK channels were transmitted over 16x 80-km SSMF spans and 4 bandwidth-managed ROADMs.