Title :
Coded modulation PDM-QPSK transmission over 6,370 km dispersion managed NZDSF spans with 1.5 to 4 dB margin
Author :
Zhang, Haijun ; Davidson, C.R. ; Batshon, H.G. ; Pilipetskii, A.
Author_Institution :
TE SubCom, Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We transmit coded modulation PDM-QPSK over 6,370 km of dispersion managed NZDSF spans. Coded modulation enables absolute phase detection without pilot symbols and provides 1.5 to 4 dB Q-factor margin.
Keywords :
Q-factor; multiplexing; optical dispersion; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; Q-factor margin; absolute phase detection; coded modulation PDM-QPSK transmission; dispersion managed NZDSF spans; polarization division multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; Decoding; Dispersion; Forward error correction; Phase shift keying; Q-factor;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964010
