1.8Tbit/s 6500km transoceanic NRZ system assessment with industrial margins using 25GHz channel spacing
08 September 2002
We report a transmission capacity of 181 channels at 10.66 Gbit/s over 6575 km using NRZ format with 25 GHz channel spacing over 36 nm of C-band. The average Q factor is 12.4 dB, corresponding to a 3.2 dB system margin with enhanced FEC