DocumentCode
161079
Title
Kerr nonlinearity compensation in a 5×28-GBd PDM 16-QAM WDM system using fiber-based optical phase conjugation
Author
Da Ros, F. ; Sackey, I. ; Elschner, Robert ; Richter, Thomas ; Meuer, C. ; Nolle, M. ; Jazayerifar, M. ; Petermann, K. ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Schubert, Colja
Author_Institution
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Effective Kerr nonlinearity mitigation is experimentally demonstrated using optical phase conjugation in the middle of an 800-km dispersion-compensated link for a 5-channel WDM 28-GBd PDM 16-QAM signal. A Q-factor improvement of 0.9 dB over no mitigation allows a BER<;3.8×10-3.
Keywords
Q-factor; compensation; error statistics; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre dispersion; optical phase conjugation; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 16-QAM WDM system; 5-channel WDM; BER; Kerr nonlinearity compensation; PDM; Q-factor; dispersion-compensated link; distance 800 km; fiber-based optical phase conjugation; Adaptive optics; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fibers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963897
Filename
6963897
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