Title :
Transmission reach study of three optical fibers for 200 Gb/s PM-16QAM systems with 100 km spans
Author :
Downie, J.D. ; Hurley, Jason ; Pikula, Dragan ; Ten, Sergey ; Towery, Christopher
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
Transmission results are given for 256 Gb/s PM-16QAM systems over three optical fibers, using 100 km span lengths and EDFA amplification. Ultra-low loss, large effective area fiber provides ~85% reach advantage over standard single-mode fiber.
Keywords :
erbium; multiplexing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; EDFA amplification; PM-16QAM system; bit rate 200 Gbit/s; distance 100 km; optical fibers; polarization multiplexed-quadrature amplitude modulation; span lengths; transmission reach study; ultralow loss large effective area fiber; Bit error rate; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fiber theory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
