The researchers reached speeds 16.4 Tbit / s

The purpose of a 100 Gigabit Ethernet has become closer to reality this week when researchers Alcatel-Lucent reported a record in the field of optical data transmission.

In its report submitted to the event under the name Long Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition / National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC / NFOEC), they were told about the work, which is said to pave the way for the successful implementation of high- technology communication. In the project involved a number of new developments in hardware components: a balanced optoelectronic receiver with high linearity and ultra-compact, insensitive to temperature coherent mixer.
Data transmission at speeds of 16.4 Tbit / s over a distance of 2550 km was carried out by scientists Bell Labs, Alcatel and Kylia. To deliver such a high speed channel was used by 164 of 100 Gbit / s compressed using wavelength division multiplexing technology ( Wavelength Division, WDM).
On the development of optical integrated circuits required for the organization of the optical transmission at 100 Gbit / s, told in the OFC / NFOEC Bell Labs employees. Three reports described the creation of integrated high-speed receiver and two modulators, one of which uses a dual effect of polarization.

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