1-Tb/s transmission experiment

Authors:
  • AGA.H. Gnauck
    A.H. Gnauck
  • RTR.W. Tkach
    R.W. Tkach
  • JZJ.L. Zyskind
    J.L. Zyskind
  • JSJ.W. Sulhoff
    J.W. Sulhoff
  • ALA.J. Lucero
    A.J. Lucero
  • YSY. Sun
    Y. Sun
  • RJR.M. Jopson
    R.M. Jopson
  • FFF. Forghieri
    F. Forghieri
  • RDR.M. Derosier
    R.M. Derosier
  • CWC. Wolf
    C. Wolf
  • AMA.R. McCormick
    A.R. McCormick

Abstract
A 1-Tb/s aggregate capacity (50 channels each at 20 Gb/s) was transmitted through 55 km of nonzero-dispersion fiber. Fifty channels were generated by polarization multiplexing 25 wavelengths.