First 100-nm Continuous-Band WDM Transmission System with 115Tb/s Transport over 100km Using Novel Ultra-Wideband Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Jeremie Renaudier, Alexis Carbó Meseguer, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Patrice Tran, Rafael Rios-Müller, Romain Brenot, Agnes Verdier, Fabrice Blache, Karim Mekhazni, Bernadette Duval, Helene Debregeas, Mohand Achouche, Aurelien Boutin, Frederic Morin, Laurent Letteron, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Yann Frignac, Gabriel Charlet

Abstract: We demonstrate the first 115Tb/s lumped amplified transmission system based on novel ultrawideband semiconductor optical amplifiers. We show the successful transmission of 250 channels carrying >400Gb/s each over a 100-km transmission link.