2002 · 78 citations · 1 references
EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationOptoelectronicsPhotonicsChannel CapacityFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersPolarization OpticsHigh-speed TransmissionOptical Transmission SystemsPolarization-division MultiplexingSpectral EfficiencyWavelength-division Multiplexing
We demonstrate the transmission of 256 polarization-division and wavelength-division multiplexed channels at 42.7 Gbit/s rate over 100 km of TeraLight/sup TM/ fiber. An overall capacity of 10 Tbit/s is achieved in C and L bands at a record 1.28 bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency.
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