Field trial transmission of 1.5 Tb/s superchannel over 875 km, with 250 Gb/s real-time transponders and EDFA amplification

19 March 2017

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This field trial transmits 1.5Tb/s superchannel with 5b/s/Hz spectral efficiency over 875km of EDFA-amplified SMF, using six 250Gb/s real time elastic transponders featuring 1dB minimum Q margin over 48 hours. Channels are 50GHz spaced.