Ultra-Wideband Transmission Systems From an Energy Perspective: Which Band is Next?

arXiv (Cornell University) 2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Ronit Sohanpal, Mindaugus Jarmolovicius, Jiaqian Yang, Eric Sillekens, Rômulo Aparecido, V. Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, David J. DiGiovanni, Ruben S. Luis, Hideaki Furukawa, Robert I. Killey, Polina Bayvel
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Abstract

Measuring the power efficiency of the state-of-the-art OESCL-band amplifiers, we show that 1000 km OESCL-band systems can achieve 2.98x greater throughput for +48% higher energy-per-bit compared to CL-band transmission only.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Optical Network Technologies Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Advanced Optical Network Technologies

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Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
8 January 2026
Document type
Preprint