2.4 Tb/s (120 × 20 Gb/s) Transmission over Transoceanic Distance using Optimum FEC Overhead and 48% Spectral Efficiency

J.-X. Cai, M. Nissov, A. N. Pilipetskiǐ, A. Lucero, Carl Davidson, D. G. Foursa, H.D. Kidorf, M.A. Mills, R. Menges, P.C. Corbett,

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and International Conference on Quantum Information · 2001 · 26 citations · 1 references

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Abstract

We have demonstrated 2.4 Tb/s (120 × 20 Gb/s) transmission over the transoceanic distance of 6,200 km using optimum FEC overhead, 48% spectral efficiency, ultra-low slope dispersion map, and full C-band EDFAs.

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