All-Raman-Amplified, 73 nm Seamless Band Transmission of 9 Tb/s Over 6000 km of Fiber

Abstract

We report wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission of ninety 128-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed quadrature-phase-shift-keyed channels in a seamless 73 nm band over 60 × 100 km of ultra-large-area fiber. Co- and counter-pumped all-Raman amplification in the fiber spans, single-stage discrete Raman amplifiers, and broadband wavelength selective switch and channel equalizer were utilized to achieve optical signal-to-noise-ratio margin of more than 3 dB after 6000 km transmission of the 9 Tb/s capacity.