160-Gb/s four WDM quasi-linear transmission over 225-km NZ-DSF with 75-km spacing

Author

Daikoku, Masahiro ; Otani, Tomohiro ; Suzuki, Masatoshi

Author_Institution

KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Saitama, Japan

Volume

15

Issue

8

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1165

Lastpage

1167

Abstract

A 160-Gb/s four wavelength-division-multiplexing quasi-linear signal transmission was demonstrated over a 225-km nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber with 75-km spacing by using alternating polarization optical time-division multiplexing. A Q factor of about 15.0 dB was obtained after transmission on average. It was experimentally verified that exact adjustment of the dispersion compensation fiber is required with a few picosecond/nanometer steps on each channel after transmission.

Keywords

Q-factor; compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 225 km; 75 km; OTDM; WDM; WDM quasi-linear transmission; alternating polarization optical time-division multiplexing; dispersion compensation fiber; exact adjustment; nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber; wavelength-division-multiplexing quasi-linear signal transmission; Bit rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Signal generators; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.815339

Filename

1215538