Title :
Experimental assessment of transmission reach for uncompensated 32-GBaud PDM-QPSK and PDM-16QAM
Author :
Bertran-Pardo, Oriol ; Renaudier, Jeremie ; Mardoyan, H. ; Tran, P. ; Vacondio, Francesco ; Salsi, Massimiliano ; Charlet, G. ; Bigo, S. ; Konczykowska, Agnieszka ; Dupuy, Jean-Yves ; Jorge, Filipe ; Riet, M. ; Godin, J.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
We experimentally compare the transmission reach of PDM-16QAM and PDM-QPSK at 32 Gbaud over an uncompensated transmission link and characterize the impact of the hardware limitations stemming from the practical implementation of PDM-16QAM.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical communication; polarisation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; telecommunication links; PDM-16QAM; PDM-QPSK; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; transmission reach assessment; uncompensated transmission link; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Forward error correction; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
