Title :
Cascade of 4 SOAs with 448 Gbit/s (224 Gbit/s) dual channel dual polarization 16QAM (QPSK) for high-capacity business paths in converged metro-access networks
Author :
Koenig, S. ; Bonk, R. ; Schmogrow, R. ; Josten, A. ; Karnick, D. ; Schmuck, H. ; Poehlmann, Wolfgang ; Pfeiffer, Thomas ; Koos, C. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, Juerg
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate 448 Gbit/s (224 Gbit/s) dual channel DP-16QAM (QPSK) transmission over four cascaded, linear SOAs using advanced modulation formats. As an application we envision dedicated high-capacity business paths in future converged metro-access networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; QPSK; advanced modulation formats; bit rate 224 Gbit/s; bit rate 448 Gbit/s; converged metro-access networks; dual-channel DP-16QAM transmission; dual-channel dual-polarization 16QAM; high-capacity business paths; linear SOA; Bit error rate; Business; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Phase shift keying; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
