Title :
Single-carrier vs. dual-carrier transmission of 100Gb/s coherent PDM-QPSK over NZ-DSF fibre
Author :
Bertolini, M. ; Salsi, M. ; Charlet, G. ; Mardoyan, H. ; Tran, P. ; Bertran-Pardo, O. ; Renaudier, J. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We experimentally compare 100 Gb/s PDM-QPSK in single-carrier and dual-carrier configuration over 800 km of NZ-DSF fibre. Using 40 Gb/s P-DPSK and 10 Gb/s OOK neighbours the lower tolerance to nonlinear effects of the dual-carrier solution is demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; dual-carrier transmission; nonzero dispersion shifted fiber; polarization division multiplexing; quadrature phase shift keying; single-carrier transmission; Bit rate; Forward error correction; Frequency; Modulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Quadratic programming; Quadrature phase shift keying; Transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
