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1.03-Exabit/s.km Super-Nyquist-WDM Transmission over 7,326-km Seven-Core Fiber

Koji Igarashi, Masateru Tadakuma, Keisuke Watanabe, T. Saito, Takehiro Tsuritani, Kuniaki Maeda, M. Suzuki, Y. Tsuchida, Ryuichi Sugizaki, Itsuro Morita,

2013 · 107 citations · 0 references

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EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsChannel CapacityCommunication NetworksFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersFiber Optic Communication SystemsMulti-core FibersOptical Fiber WaveguidesOptical Transmission SystemsWavelength-division Multiplexing

Abstract

We demonstrate 140.7-Tbit/s, 7,326-km transmission of 7×201-channel 25-GHz-spaced Super-Nyquist-WDM 100-Gbit/s optical signals using seven-core fiber and full C-band seven-core EDFAs. The record capacity-distance product of 1.03 Exabit/s·km is achieved.