Title :
Optimization of Optical and Electrical Filter Bandwidths for Alternate Modulation Formats in 40 Gb/s Ase-Limited Systems
Author :
Raghavan, Srinath ; Mauro, John C.
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., NY
Abstract :
We study the impact of varying optical and electrical filter bandwidths in 40 Gb/s ASE-limited systems for various alternate modulation formats and spectral efficiencies. We determine the optimum bandwidths and compare the resulting Q values
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical modulation; optical receivers; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; ASE-limited systems; Q values; WDM system; electrical filter bandwidth; modulation formats; optical filter bandwidth; receiver filter; spectral efficiencies;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
