Title :
Demonstration of joint DSP receivers for spatial superchannels
Author :
Feuer, Mark D. ; Nelson, L.E. ; Zhou, Xiaoxin ; Woodward, Sheryl L. ; Isaac, R. ; Zhu, Benpeng ; Taunay, Thierry F. ; Fishteyn, M. ; Fini, J.F. ; Yan, M.F.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs. - Res., Florham Park, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report lab measurements of joint digital signal processing of simultaneous 112Gbps links in a 7-core fiber. Strongly-correlated phase fluctuations between the cores permit reduced processing complexity with no increase in the bit-error ratio.
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical receivers; space division multiplexing; 112Gbps links; 7-core fiber; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; bit-error ratio; joint DSP receivers; joint digital signal processing; processing complexity; spatial superchannels; strongly-correlated phase fluctuations; Bit error rate; Digital signal processing; Fluctuations; Joints; Optical fiber networks; Receivers; Optical transmission; coherent communications; space-division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1526-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280724
