Offset PDM RZ-DPSK for 40 Gb/s long-haul transmission

Author

Zhang, H. ; Cai, J.-X. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Anderson, B. ; Sinkin, O. ; Nissov, M. ; Pilipetskii, A.N.

Author_Institution

Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate a new direct-detection polarization-division-multiplexing modulation scheme without polarization tracking. This scheme reduces sensitivity to depolarization and exhibits less Q-factor fluctuations compared to conventional polarization-division-multiplexing.

Keywords

Q-factor; differential phase shift keying; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; Q-factor fluctuations; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; depolarization; direct-detection polarization-division-multiplexing modulation scheme; haul transmission; offset PDM RZ-DPSK; optical fibre communication; return-to-zero differential quadrature phase shift keying; Demodulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Q factor; (060.2330) fiber optics communications; (060.4230) multiplexing; (060.5060) phase modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032722