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EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationOptoelectronicsPhotonicsChannel CapacityCommunication NetworksFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersChannelsFiber Optic Communication SystemsOptical Transmission SystemsPolarization-division MultiplexingWavelength-division Multiplexing
One Tb/s aggregate capacity (50 channels each at 20 Gb/s) was transmitted through 55 km of non-zero-dispersion fiber. The fifty channels were generated by polarization multiplexing 25 wavelengths.