Abstract
The development of 100 Gb/s transponder technology is progressing rapidly to meet the
needs of next-generation optical/IP carrier networks. In this paper, we describe the upgrade
of an installed 10 Gb/s field system to 100 Gb/s using a real-time single-carrier, coherent
100 Gb/s polarization-multiplexed quadrature-phase-shift keyed channel. Performance sufficient
for error-free operation after forward-error-correction was achieved over installed 900 and
1800 km links, proving the viability of 100 Gb/s upgrades to most installed systems. Excellent
tolerance to fiber polarization mode dispersion and narrowband optical filtering demonstrates
the applicability of this technology over the majority of installed fiber plant and through
existing 50 GHz reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers.
© 2010 IEEE
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