[MB1] Nonlinear Transmission

[MB1-5] Experimental Study of Unrepeatered Reach at 34 and 69 GBaud rates

〇Hans Bissessur, Christian Bastide, Mathieu Duval, Suwimol Dubost, Sophie Etienne, Farana Hedaraly (Alcatel Submarine Networks, France)

Keywords:Transmission and Propagation, Transmission experiments for long haul, core and metro applications including data-center interconnect

We experimentally measure the reach of an unrepeatered system at 34 and 69 GBaud rates with BPSK, QPSK, 8-QAM and 16-QAM. The same reach is achieved for narrow spacing, but not for single-channel transmission.