3.56 peta-bit/s C+L band transmission over a 55-mode multi-mode fiber
Georg Rademacher, Ruben S. Lúıs, Benjamin J. Puttnam, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Mikael Mazur, H. Chen, Roland Ryf, David T. Neilson, David Dahl, Joel Carpenter, Pierre Sillard, F. Achten, Marianne Bigot-Astruc, Jun Sakaguchi, H. Furukawa
Abstract
We demonstrate transmission of 383 WDMx55 SDMx24.5 GBd 16-QAM signals spanning Cand L-bands over 12.5 km 55 mode fiber. The resulting data rate of 3.56 Pb/s more than doubles the previous record data rate in optical fibers with standard cladding diameter.
Topics & Concepts
Cladding (metalworking)Mode (computer interface)Bit rateData transmissionOptical fiberTransmission (telecommunications)Quadrature amplitude modulationSingle-mode optical fiberComputer scienceBit error rateOpticsMaterials scienceTelecommunicationsPhysicsComputer hardwareComposite materialOperating systemChannel (broadcasting)Optical Network TechnologiesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems