New Field Trial Distance Record of 3040 km on Wide Reach WDM With 10 and 40 Gb/s Transmission Including OC-768 Traffic Without Regeneration

Verizon successfully carried Juniper OC-768 traffic on its Richardson, TX, field trial network to 3040 and 2560 km, respectively, using Mintera's 40–Gb/s RZ-DPSK and CS-RZ transponders over Xtera's all Raman Ultra Long Haul system loaded with 68 $\times$ 10 Gb/s channels.