Will 100 Gb/s resist higher bit rates?
18 September 2011
We review recent progress on high bit rate long-haul optical transport systems, with spectral efficiency times transmission distance as the main figure-of-merit. We discuss the potential of 100-Gb/s transport systems to survive higher bit rates, through ultra-dense channel packing and multiple-optical-carrier techniques. OCIS codes: (060.2360) Fiber optics links and subsystems; (060.4080) Modulation; (060.4510) Optical communications.
