10x224-Gb/s POLMUX-16QAM transmission over 656 km of large-Aeff PSCF with a special efficiency of 5.6 b/s/Hz

V.A.J.M. Sleiffer, M.S. Alfiad, D. Borne, van den, M. Kuschnerov, V. Veljanovski, M. Hirano, Y. Yamamoto, T. Sasaki, S.L. Jansen, T. Wuth, H. Waardt, de

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Abstract

We demonstrate the successful transmission of 10 channels with 224-Gb/s POLMUX-16QAM modulation (28 GBaud) on a 37.5-GHz wavelength grid. Using large-Aeff pure-silica-core fibers we show a 656-km transmission distance with a spectral efficiency of 5.6 b/s/Hz. We report a back-to-back performance penalty of 3.5 dB compared to theoretical limits at the forward-error correction (FEC) limit (bit-error rate of 3.8·10-3), and a margin of 0.5 dB in Q-factor with respect to the FEC-limit after 656 km of transmission.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1427-1429
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume23
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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