69.1-Tb/s (432 × 171-Gb/s) C- and Extended L-Band Transmission over 240 km Using PDM-16-QAM Modulation and Digital Coherent Detection
- 1 January 2010
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by Optica Publishing Group
Abstract
We demonstrate the record total capacity of 69.1 Tb/s with a spectral efficiency of 6.4 b/s/Hz by employing 21.4-Gbaud 16-QAM modulation, blind digital coherent detection, and 10.8-THz ultra-wideband amplification in the C- and extended L-bands.Keywords
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