Title :
Transmission of 40 Gb/s WDM signals over 6,250 km of conventional NZ-DSF with >4 dB FEC margin
Author :
Cai, J.-X. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Nissov, M. ; Li, H. ; Anderson, W. ; Cai, Y. ; Liu, L. ; Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Foursa, D.G. ; Patterson, W.W. ; Corbett, P.C. ; Lucero, A.J. ; Bergano, Neal S.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We successfully transmitted 18×40 Gb/s RZ-DPSK channels over 6,250 km of non-slope-matched-fibers with >4 dB FEC margin using dispersion-slope compensators at the receiver. We demonstrated that 40 Gb/s DPSK worked as well as 10 Gb/s RZ-OOK for the same spectral efficiency.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; compensation; differential phase shift keying; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; 6250 km; 720 Gbit/s; FEC margin; NZ-DSF; RZ-DPSK channels; RZ-OOK; WDM signal transmission; dispersion-slope compensators; nonslope-matched-fibers; nonzero dispersion shifted fiber; same spectral efficiency; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193204
