• DocumentCode
    1501318
  • Title

    11 ,\\times, 224-Gb/s POLMUX-RZ-16QAM Transmission Over 670 km of SSMF With 50-GHz Channel Spacing

  • Author

    Alfiad, Mohammad S. ; Kuschnerov, Maxim ; Jansen, Sander Lars ; Wuth, Torsten ; van den Borne, Dirk ; De Waardt, Huug

  • Author_Institution
    COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1150
  • Lastpage
    1152
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the generation and transmission of 11 channels with 224-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed return-to-zero 16-level quadrature amplitude modulation over 670 km of standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) with 50-GHz channel spacing and a spectral efficiency of 4.2 b/s/Hz. We report a penalty of around 4.3 dB in the performance at back-to-back in comparison to the theoretical limits, and a margin of 1 dB in Q-factor below the forward-error correction limit (assumed to be at a bit-error rate of 3.8 × 10-3) after transmission over 670 km of SSMF.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; channel spacing; forward error correction; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; 16-level quadrature amplitude modulation; POLMUX-RZ-16QAM transmission; Q-factor; bit rate 224 Gbit/s; channel spacing; distance 670 km; forward-error correction; frequency 50 GHz; polarization-multiplexed return-to-zero modulation; pulse amplitude modulation; standard single-mode fiber; 16-level quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM); Coherent detection; polarization multiplexing (POLMUX); pulse amplitude modulation (PAM);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2010.2051146
  • Filename
    5471133
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1501318