Title :
Transmission of a serial 5.1-Tb/s data signal using 16-QAM and coherent detection
Author :
Palushani, E. ; Schmidt-Langhorst, C. ; Richter, T. ; Nölle, M. ; Ludwig, R. ; Schubert, Colja
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Generation, transmission and coherent detection of a 640-GBd RZ-16-QAM, polarization-multiplexed OTDM signal is demonstrated. Considering 7% hard decision FEC overhead, error-free transmission of 4.8 Tb/s is achieved over 80 km dispersion-managed fiber.
Keywords :
coherence; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; time division multiplexing; QAM; coherent detection; dispersion-managed fiber; error-free transmission; hard decision FEC overhead; polarization-multiplexed OTDM signal; serial data signal; Bit error rate; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
