First Single-Carrier Transmission at Net Data Rates of 1.6 Tb/s over 9075 km and 2.4 Tb/s over 1210 km Using 300 GBd Dual-Polarization Signals and Probabilistic Constellation Shaping

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates long-distance single-carrier optical transmissions achieving record data rates of 1.6 Tb/s over 9075 km and 2.4 Tb/s over 1210 km using advanced modulation and probabilistic constellation shaping techniques.

Contribution

It presents the first long-haul single-carrier transmissions at these high data rates with optical arbitrary waveform generation and measurement.

Findings

Achieved 1.6 Tb/s over 9075 km with PCS-16QAM.

Achieved 2.4 Tb/s over 1210 km with PCS-36QAM.

Utilized 300 GBd dual-polarization signals.

Abstract

We report long-haul transmissions of single-carrier 300 GBd dual-polarization signals with optical arbitrary waveform generation and measurement. We demonstrate net 1.6 Tb/s over 9075 km with PCS-16QAM and 2.4 Tb/s over 1210 km with PCS-36QAM.