10 × 112-Gb/s PDM 16-QAM transmission over 630 km of fiber with 6.2-b/s/Hz spectral efficiency

Author

Gnauck, A.H. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Buhl, L.L.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate ten-channel WDM transmission of 112-Gb/s 16-QAM (14-gigabaud, polarization-multiplexed) over 630 km of fiber. 16.7-GHz channel spacing yields a spectral efficiency of 6.2 b/s/Hz, fitting 1 Tb/s of information into a 1.2-nm optical bandwidth.

Keywords

channel spacing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; quadrature amplitude modulation; spectral analysis; wavelength division multiplexing; QAM; bit rate 1 Tbit/s; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; channel spacing; distance 630 km; frequency 16.7 GHz; optical bandwidth; optical fibre communication; polarization-multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; size 1.2 nm; spectral efficiency; ten-channel WDM transmission; wavelength division multiplexing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical recording; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.2360) Fiber optics links and subsystems; (060.4080) Modulation; (060.4510) Optical communications;

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

5033012