3.08 Tb/s (77 x 42.7 Gb/s) Transmission over 1200 km of Non-zero Dispersion-Shifted Fiber with 100-km Spans using C- and L-Band Distributed Raman Amplification

摘要

3.08 Tb/s (77 x 42.7 Gb/s) WDM transmission over 1200 km fiber with 100 km spans and 100 GHz channel spacing is demonstrated by using distributed Raman amplification in the transmission fiber. Error free operation is achieved for all 77 channels. Low dispersion slope fiber and a matched DCF enable a simple and cost-effective dispersion compensation scheme. FEC is used to maximize the transmission distance for error free operation of all channels.