Title :
Transmission of a 213.7-Gb/s single-polarization direct-detection optical OFDM superchannel over 720-km standard single mode fiber with EDFA-only amplification
Author :
Peng, Wei-Ren ; Takahashi, Hidenori ; Morita, Itsuro ; Tanaka, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs., Inc., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate the optical multiband receiving method which supports transmission of a 16-QAM, 213.7-Gb/s (189.7-Gb/s) DDO-OFDM super-channel over 720-km SSMF. After transmission all the 9 OFDM bands exhibit BERs lower than the FEC threshold (BER = 3.8e-3).
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; erbium; multiplexing; optical fibre amplifiers; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM; BER; DDO-OFDM super-channel; EDFA-only amplification; FEC; bit rate 189.7 Gbit/s; bit rate 213.7 Gbit/s; distance 720 km; optical multiband receiving method; single-polarization direct-detection optical OFDM superchannel; standard single mode fiber; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621385
