Title :
Over 4,200km WDM transmission of 80-Gb/s PDM-OFDM-16QAM signals with 12.5-GHz channel spacing employing EDFA only amplification
Author :
Huang, Ming-Fang ; Qian, Dayou ; Zhang, Shaoliang ; Inoue, Takanori ; Inada, Yoshihisa ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate transmission of 8×80-Gb/s PDM-OFDM-16QAM signals at a channel spacing of 12.5 GHz over 4,242 km with EDFA only amplification. It achieves the longest transmission distance at the SE >;5 b/s/Hz to date.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA; PDM-OFDM-16QAM signals; WDM transmission; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; channel spacing; frequency 12.5 GHz; longest transmission distance; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; OFDM; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
