Title :
Comparison of pulse shapes in a 224Gbit/s (28Gbaud) PDM-QAM16 long-haul transmission experiment
Author :
Makovejs, S. ; Torrengo, E. ; Millar, D.S. ; Killey, R.I. ; Savory, S.J. ; Bayvel, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London (UCL), London, UK
Abstract :
We investigate the effectiveness of RZ50 versus NRZ in a 224Gbit/s PDM-QAM16 transmission. Record distances of 2000km and 1520km are reported for single- and 3-channel transmission over SMF links with EDFAs-only amplification.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; quadrature amplitude modulation; 3-channel transmission; EDFAs-only amplification; PDM-QAM; RZ50; SMF link; bit rate 224 Gbit/s; distance 1520 km; distance 2000 km; erbium-doped fibre amplifier; long-haul transmission experiment; polarization division multiplexed; pulse shape; quadrature amplitude modulation; single-channel transmission; Bandwidth; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
