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Question: ITU standards in optical communication systems define designated channel frequencies and frequency separations. For instance, below you find the ITU list for $100 \mathrm{GHz}$ channel spacing. Calculate the corresponding wavelengths and channel separations in wavelengths (in nm unit), and also calculate variations in photon energies (in eV) from one channel to the adjacent channel? What is the wavelengths of $1^{\text {st }}$ and $120^{\text {th }}$ channels, and wavelength separations between $\mathrm{Ch} \# 1$ and Ch\#120? If each channel has $80 \mathrm{~Gb} / \mathrm{s}$ information capacity, what is the total information capacity of a 120channel optical communication system? \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline Channel Number & Frequency $(\mathrm{THz})$ \\ \hline 1 & 190.1 \\ \hline 2 & 190.2 \\ \hline 3 & 190.3 \\ \hline 4 & 190.4 \\ \hline 5 & 190.5 \\ \hline$\ldots \ldots$ & $\ldots \ldots \cdots$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}

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