Title :
Automated polarization control demonstrated in a 1.28 Tbit/s (16×2×40 Gbit/s) polarization multiplexed DWDM field trial
Author :
Hecker, N.E. ; Gottwald, E. ; Kotten, K. ; Weiske, C.-J. ; Schopflin, A. ; Krummrich, P.M. ; Glingener, C.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networks, Adv. Technol., Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
We have demonstrated automatic polarization control in a field trial over 116 km of SSMF with 16 channel DWDM (100 GHz spacing) based on polarization multiplexed 2×40 Gbit/s NRZ signals for a total capacity of 1.28 Tbit/s after FEC decoding.
Keywords :
data communication; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.28 Tbit/s; 100 GHz; FEC decoding; SSMF; automated polarization control; fiber optic data transmission; polarization multiplexed DWDM field trial; polarization multiplexed NRZ signals; wavelength division multiplexing; Automatic control; Decoding; Demultiplexing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Forward error correction; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Signal generators; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989444
