Title :
Experimental demonstration of 128-SP-QAM in uncompensated long-haul transmission
Author :
Eriksson, Tobias A. ; Sjodin, Martin ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Karlsson, Magnus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
We demonstrate 128-SP-QAM experimentally for the first time and compare the performance to PM-16QAM at the same symbol rate (10.5 Gbaud).We find a 1.7 dB increased sensitivity and 50% increased transmission reach over PM-16QAM.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 128-SP-QAM; PM-16QAM; uncompensated long-haul transmission; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
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
