Transmission Reach of Optical-OFDM Superchannels with 10-600 Gb/s for Transparent Bit-Rate Adaptive Networks

Transmission reach limits are analyzed for an adaptive O-OFDM DWDM system with bit-rates of 10­600Gb/s and QPSK/n-QAM modulation formats. An analytical formula is presented for use of OFDM superchannels in gridless adaptive network scenarios. OCIS codes: (060.1155) All-optical networks; (060.1660) Coherent communications