Two hundred and fifty six 10 Gbls WDM channels were transmitted over 11,000 km in 80 nm of continuous optical bandwidth of hybrid RamaniEDFA for the fust time. Using FEC all channels were decoded error free. 02002 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (060.2330) Fiber oplics comunicalions, (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators, (190.5650) Raman effect, (06W410) Fibers, erbium
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