Title :
A comparative study of 10 Gb/s RZ-DPSK and RZ-ASK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances
Author :
Ishida, K. ; Kobayashi, T. ; Abe, J. ; Kinjo, K. ; Kuroda, S. ; Mizuochi, T.
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
Abstract :
We have experimentally compared RZ-DPSK with RZ-ASK for 100×10 Gb/s transmission over transoceanic distances. The Q degradation of RZ-DPSK due to nonlinearity effects after transmission over 9180 km was 3 dB larger than that of RZ-ASK.
Keywords :
Q-factor; amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbits/s; 100 Gbits/s; 9180 km; ASK; DPSK; Q degradation; WDM transmission; nonlinearity effects; return-to-zero; transoceanic distances; Chirp modulation; Delay; Demodulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Phase modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248334
