Title :
Experimental investigation of PDM-QAM16 transmission at 112 Gbit/s over 2400 km
Author :
Makovejs, S. ; Millar, D.S. ; Mikhailov, V. ; Gavioli, G. ; Killey, R.I. ; Savory, S.J. ; Bayvel, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London (UCL), London, UK
Abstract :
We investigate the efficacy of nonlinearity compensation for single-channel 14 Gbaud PDM-QAM16 over an uncompensated SMF link without Raman amplification. Nonlinear compensation increased the maximum reach from 1440 km to 2400 km for an FEC limit of 3×10-3.
Keywords :
optical links; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; Raman amplification; WDM; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; distance 1400 km to 2400 km; nonlinear compensation; polarization division multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; single channel PDM-QAM16 transmission; uncompensated SMF link; Bit error rate; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Power measurement; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
