2.6Tb/s (26 x 100Gb/s) Unrepeatered Transmission Over 401km Using PDM-QPSK with a Coherent Receiver

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Mongardien, D.; Bissessur, H. (Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, Centre de Villarceaux, Route de Villejust, 91620 Nozay, France)
Bousselet, P.; Bertran-Pardo, O.; Tran, P. (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Centre de Villarceaux, Route de Villejust, 91620 Nozay, France)

Abstract:
The combination of PDM-QPSK with a coherent receiver and an optimized amplification scheme (high power booster and third order pumped ROPA) enables the transmission of 26 channels at 100Gb/s over a 401km long unrepeatered link.