2.05 Peta-bit/s Super-Nyquist-WDM SDM Transmission Using 9.8-km 6-mode 19-core Fiber in Full C band

D. Souma¹, K. Igarashi^1,2, Y. Wakayama¹, K. Takeshima¹, Y. Kawaguchi¹, N. Yoshikane¹, T. Tsuritani¹, I. Morita¹, M. Suzuki¹

¹ KDDI R&D Laboratories, ² Osaka University

European Conference on Optical Communications, PDP.3.2 (2015).

Abstract: We demonstrate ultra-dense SDM transmission of 360-channel Super-Nyquist-WDM DPQPSK signals over 9.8-km 6-mode 19-core fiber, achieving the record fiber capacity of 2.05 Pbit/s (360WDMx114SDMx50Gbit/s) with the highest aggregate spectral efficiency of 456 bit/s/Hz.