Coherent O-band WDM transmission of DP-16QAM over a 50-km BDFA-amplified link

Opt Express. 2024 Apr 22;32(9):15483-15492. doi: 10.1364/OE.512037.

Abstract

We present wavelength-division multiplexed coherent transmission in an O-band amplified link enabled by bismuth-doped fiber amplifiers (BDFAs). Transmission of 4 × 25 GBd DP-16QAM (4 × 200 Gb/s) is demonstrated over a single span of 50-km length, occupying a bandwidth of 4.7 THz across the wavelengths 1323 nm to 1351 nm.