Title :
Long-haul terabit transmission (2272km) employing digitally pre-distorted quad-carrier PM-16QAM super-channel
Author :
Rahman, Tanvir ; Rafique, Danish ; Napoli, Antonio ; de Man, E. ; Kuschnerov, M. ; Spinnler, Bernhard ; Bohn, Marc ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate long-haul WDM transmission of 36GBaud four-subcarrier Terabit PM-16QAM super-channel. Digital pre-distortion enables ~50% reach improvement for both LAPSCF and SSMF fiber-types, with maximum recorded reach of 2272km and 949km, respectively.
Keywords :
optical modulation; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; LAPSCF fiber-types; SSMF fiber-types; WDM transmission; digitally predistorted quad-carrier PM-16QAM superchannel; large area pure silica core fiber; long-haul terabit transmission; standard four-subcarrier mode fiber; subcarrier terabit superchannel; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963994
