Title :
80 Gb/s optical soliton transmission over 80 km with time/polarization division multiplexing
Author :
Iwatsuki, K. ; Suzuki, K. ; Nishi, S. ; Saruwatari, M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
Time/polarization-division multiplexed optical solitons are successfully transmitted at 80 Gb/s over an 80 km dispersion-shifted single-mode-fiber. The 80 Gb/s optical pulse trains are generated by optically multiplexing 10 Gb/s gain-switched pulse trains. The transmitted solitons are demultiplexed with a polarization beam splitter and two intensity-modulators driven by a 10 Gb/s electrical timing recovery circuit. No error-rate floor is observed.<>
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical elements; optical links; optical modulation; optical solitons; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; 80 km; TDM; demultiplexed; dispersion-shifted single-mode-fiber; electrical timing recovery circuit; gain-switched pulse trains; intensity-modulators; optical pulse trains; optical soliton transmission; optically multiplexing; polarization beam splitter; polarization division multiplexing; time division multiplexing; transmitted solitons; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical solitons; Pulse measurements; Time division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
