Title :
Nyquist-WDM PDM-QPSK transmission over SMF-28 fibre using URFL amplification
Author :
Rosa, P. ; Erkilinc, M.S. ; Maher, Robert ; Paskov, Milen ; Kilmurray, Sean ; Tan, Min ; Harper, P. ; Philips, I.D. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Ania-Castanon, J.-D. ; Thomsen, Benn C. ; Savory, Seb J. ; Killey, Robert I. ; Bayvel, Polina
Author_Institution :
Aston Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
Nyquist-WDM PDM-QPSK transmission over standard SMF-28 fibre with novel distributed URFL amplification is reported for the first time. Transmission over 6157 km in a recirculating loop, and 320 km in an unrepeatered link without a ROPA were demonstrated.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical links; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; Nyquist-WDM PDM-QPSK transmission; SMF-28 fibre; distance 320 km; distance 6157 km; distributed URFL amplification; polarization division multiplexing; quadrature phase shift keying; ultra-long Raman fibre laser; unrepeatered link; wavelength-division multiplexing; Integrated optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Nyquist PDM-QPSK; ultra-long Raman fibre laser (URFL); unrepeatered transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876441
