Title :
Nonlinear compensation study for WDM Transmission using multi-level modulation over transoceanic distance
Author :
Dayou Qian ; Shaoliang Zhang ; Ming-Fang Huang ; Mateo, Eduardo ; Ting Wang
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
WDM Transmission using PDM-8QAM-OFDM and PDM-16QAM-OFDM modulations over 10,181km and 4,242km are successfully demonstrated. Up to 0.5dB Q-factor improvement can be achieved from nonlinearity compensation for self-phase modulation (SPM) using back-propagation method.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; backpropagation; compensation; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; PDM-16QAM-OFDM modulation; PDM-8QAM-OFDM modulation; Q-factor improvement; SPM; WDM transmission; backpropagation method; multilevel modulation; nonlinear compensation study; self-phase modulation; transoceanic distance; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Q-factor;
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
