Title :
604-Gb/s coherent optical OFDM over 800 km of S-SMF with mid-span spectral inversion
Author :
Du, Liang B. ; Morshed, Mohammad Monir ; Lowery, Arthur J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate fibre nonlinearity compensation and wavelength conversion of a 604.7-Gb/s 800-km 16-QAM coherent optical OFDM super-channel using mid-span spectral inversion. The nonlinear threshold increased by 4.8 dB, from 4.7 dBm to 9.5 dBm.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; compensation; light coherence; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; telecommunication channels; 16-QAM; S-SMF; bit rate 604 Gbit/s; bit rate 604.7 Gbit/s; coherent optical OFDM; distance 800 km; fibre nonlinearity compensation; midspan spectral inversion; nonlinear threshold; single mode fiber; superchannel; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6275952
