Spectrally Efficient 1-Tb/s Transceivers for Long-Haul Optical Systems

Author

Renaudier, Jeremie ; Rios-Muller, Rafael ; Tran, Patrice ; Schmalen, Laurent ; Charlet, Gabriel

Author_Institution

Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France

Volume

33

Issue

7

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1452

Lastpage

1458

Abstract

We report on the generation and the transmission of 1-Tb/s superchannels for long-haul optical systems. Based on a multicarrier approach, we optimize the design of coherent transceivers at 1-Tb/s while varying the modulation formats together with code rate of soft-decision forward error correction. Through long-haul transmission experiments, we validate our optimum design and highlight the tradeoff between spectral efficiency and maximum transmission reach for 1-Tb/s optical transport. We also report on the transmission impairments suffered by spectrally efficient 1-Tb/s superchannels under the constraints of legacy optical networks using test bed made of 100 km long spans of SSMF and standard 50-GHz slots WSS.

Keywords

forward error correction; optical fibre networks; optical transceivers; SSMF; code rate; coherent transceiver; frequency 50 GHz; legacy optical network; long-haul optical system; modulation format; multicarrier approach; optical transport; soft-decision forward error correction; spectral efficiency; standard single mode fiber; superchannel; wavelength selective switch; Adaptive optics; Forward error correction; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Digital communications; Forward error correction; Optical fiber communications; Quadrature amplitude modulation; forward error correction; optical fiber communications; quadrature amplitude modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2014.2381552

Filename

6985520