1-Tb/s (6 x 170.6 Gb/s) transmission over 2000-km NZDF using OTDM and RZ-DPSK format

Author

Gnauck, A.H. ; Raybon, G. ; Bernasconi, P.G. ; Leuthold, J. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Stulz, L.W.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

15

Issue

11

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1618

Lastpage

1620

Abstract

We demonstrate six-channel 160-Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission over 20 100-km spans of nonzero-dispersion fiber, with a spectral efficiency of 0.53 b/s/Hz. We achieve this result using optical-time-division multiplexing with polarization bit interleaving and return-to-zero differential-phase-shift-keying modulation format. We also operate at 170.6 Gb/s per channel to emulate the use of forward error correction.

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 Tbit/s; 100 km; 100-km spans; 160 Gbit/s; 170.6 Gbit/s; 2000 km; NZDF; OTDM Format; RZ-DPSK Format; forward error correction; nonzero-dispersion fiber; optical-time-division multiplexing; polarization bit interleaving; return-to-zero differential-phase-shift-keying modulation format; six-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission; spectral efficiency; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Chirp modulation; Delay; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Forward error correction; Interleaved codes; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Pulse modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818634

Filename

1237607