Title :
Transmission of 42.8-Gbit/s RZ-DQPSK over 42Ã\x9794.5-km SSMF Spans using Optical Phase Conjugation and EDFA only Amplification
Author :
Jansen, S.L. ; van den Borne, D. ; Krummrich, P.M. ; Suche, H. ; Sohler, W. ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, e-mail: s.l.jansen@ieee.org
Abstract :
We show that OPC enables long-haul transmission with terrestrial fiber spans (94.5 km) and EDFA only amplification. In this experiment, 42.8-Gbit/s RZ-DQPSK with 0.8-bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency is transmitted over 42 SSMF spans, corresponding to a length of 3,970-km.
Keywords :
Delay; Distributed feedback devices; Electronic mail; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Pulse modulation; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800867
