DocumentCode
1596079
Title
Generation and transmission of 21.4-Gbaud PDM 64-QAM using a high-power DAC driving a single I/Q modulator
Author
Gnauck, A.H. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Konczykowska, A. ; Jorge, F. ; Dupuy, J. -Y ; Riet, M. ; Charlet, G. ; Zhu, B. ; Peckham, D.W.
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We generate a single-carrier 21.4-Gbaud PDM 64-QAM signal (256.8-Gb/s line rate) using a single I/Q modulator driven by 8-level electrical waveforms from a novel high-power digital-to-analog converter. We demonstrate transmission over 400 km of ultra-large-area fiber.
Keywords
digital-analogue conversion; modulators; quadrature amplitude modulation; DAC; I/Q modulator; PDM 64-QAM; bit rate 256.8 Gbit/s; distance 400 km; high-power digital-to-analog converter; polarization division multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; Bit error rate; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875795
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