Title :
On the required number of WDM channels when assessing performance of 100Gb/s coherent PDM-QPSK overlaying legacy systems
Author :
Renaudier, J. ; Bertran-Pardo, O. ; Charlet, G. ; Salsi, M. ; Bertolini, M. ; Tran, P. ; Mardoyan, H. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
We experimentally analyze WDM nonlinear impairments brought by co-propagating 10 Gb/s NRZ channels onto a 100 Gb/s PDM-QPSK channel. The PDM-QPSK channel can experience strong nonlinear interactions even from co-propagating channels located far away in the multiplex.
Keywords :
phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; NRZ channel; WDM channel; WDM nonlinear impairment; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; coherent PDM-QPSK overlaying legacy systems; copropagating channel; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Polarization mode dispersion; Quadrature phase shift keying; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
