Title :
A comparison between SSMF and large-Aeff Pure-Silica core fiber for ultra long-haul 100G transmission
Author :
Sleiffer, V.A.J.M. ; van den Borne, D. ; Kuschnerov, M. ; Veljanovski, V. ; Hirano, M. ; Yamamoto, Y. ; Sasaki, T. ; Jansen, S.L. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We compare the transmission performance of 112-Gb/s POLMUX-QPSK modulation over large-Aeff Pure-Silica core fiber and SSMF using EDFA-only amplification. The higher nonlinear threshold of the large-Aeff fiber allows for a 40% improvement in transmission distance.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; quadrature phase shift keying; POLMUX-QPSK modulation; SSMF; large-Aeff pure-silica core fiber; polarization-multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying; standard single mode fiber; transmission distance; ultra long-haul transmission; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9