Title :
Experimental comparison of nonlinear compensation in long-haul PDM-QPSK transmission at 42.7 and 85.4 Gb/s
Author :
Millar, D.S. ; Makovejs, S. ; Mikhailov, V. ; Killey, R.I. ; Bayvel, P. ; Savory, S.J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networks Group, Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
We compare the nonlinear limits of 42.7 and 85.4 Gb/s PDM-QPSK transmission. Intra-channel nonlinearity compensation is demonstrated, with increase of optimum lauchn power by 1 bB in each case and corresponding increase in maximum reach to 11635 km and 8100 km, respectively.
Keywords :
optical communication; quadrature phase shift keying; PDM-QPSK transmission; bit rate 42.7 Gbit/s; bit rate 85.4 Gbit/s; distance 11635 km; distance 8100 km; intra-channel nonlinearity compensation; nonlinear compensation; Decision support systems; Quadratic programming;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
