Title :
Single wavelength channel 10.2 Tb/s TDM-data capacity using 16-QAM and coherent detection
Author :
Richter, T. ; Palushani, E. ; Schmidt-Langhorst, C. ; Nölle, M. ; Ludwig, R. ; Fischer, J.K. ; Schubert, C.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We present a serial 10.2-Tb/s transmission-system using a 1.28-TBd RZ-16-QAM signal, polarization multiplexing and ultra-fast coherent demultiplexing. Considering FEC-overhead, we achieve a record error-free net data rate of 9.5-Tb/s and transmission over 29-km.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; time division multiplexing; 1.28-TBd RZ-16-QAM signal; FEC-overhead; bit rate 10.2 Tbit/s; bit rate 9.5 Tbit/s; coherent detection; polarization multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; serial transmission-system; single wavelength channel TDM-data capacity; time division multiplexing; ultra-fast coherent demultiplexing; Bit error rate; Multiplexing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
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
