Title :
Up to 64QAM (30 Gbit/s) directly-modulated and directly-detected OFDM at 2 μm wavelength
Author :
Liu, Zhe ; Li, Zuyi ; Chen, Yuanfeng ; Wooler, J.P. ; Kelly, B. ; Phelan, R. ; O´Carroll, J. ; Wheeler, N.V. ; Heidt, Alexander M. ; Poletti, F. ; Petrovich, M.N. ; Alam, Shahinur ; Richardson, D.J. ; Slavik, R.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We report a novel OFDM-transmitter operating in the emerging 2-μm waveband. Sub-FEC limit transmission of a 32QAM signal over 500m of both solid and hollow-core fiber was achieved and the generation of 30Gbits 64QAM demonstrated.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical modulation; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; 32QAM signal; 64QAM; OFDM-transmitter; bit rate 30 Gbit/s; directly-detection; directly-modulation; hollow-core fiber; solid fiber; sub-FEC limit transmission; wavelength 2 mum; OFDM; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963916
