Title :
Investigation of cross phase modulation (XPM) effect on amplitude- and phase-modulated multi-level signals in dense-WDM transmission
Author :
Kikuchi, Nobuhiko ; Sasaki, Shinya ; Sekine, Kenro ; Sugawara, Toshiki
Author_Institution :
Central Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The XPM effect on optical 8-ary APSK (amplitude- and phase-shift keying) multi-level signals is experimentally investigated, for the first time. Its feasibility is demonstrated in 0.48 Tbit/s (30 Gbit/s/ch) 50-GHz-spaced 16-channel dense-WDM 160-km unrepeatered transmission.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.48 Tbit/s; 160 km; 30 Gbit/s; amplitude-modulated multilevel signals; amplitude-shift keying; cross phase modulation effect; dense-WDM; optical ASK; optical PSK; phase-modulated multilevel signals; phase-shift keying; unrepeatered transmission; Amplitude shift keying; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Scanning probe microscopy; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192697
