74.38 Tb/s Transmission Over 6300 km Single Mode Fiber with Hybrid EDFA/Raman Amplifiers

M. Ionescu, D. Lavery, A. Edwards, E. Sillekens, L. Galdino, D. Semrau, R.I. Killey, W. Pelouch, S. Barnes, P. Bayvel
2019 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2019   unpublished
Transmission of 306×35 GBd, dual polarization, 64-ary geometrically shaped channels over 90×70 km of SMF was demonstrated, achieving a net throughput of 74.38 Tb/s. A combination of hybrid fiber spans and EDFA/Raman amplifiers enabled a continuous gain bandwidth of 10.8 THz.
doi:10.1364/ofc.2019.tu3f.3 fatcat:t45lsy7y6vb7xfgncpkgtyukya