RZ-DPSK transmission using a 42.7-Gb/s integrated balanced optical front end with record sensitivity

Author

Sinsky, Jeffrey H. ; Adamiecki, Andrew ; Gnauck, Alan ; Burrus, Charles A., Jr. ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Wohlgemuth, Oliver ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Umbach, Andreas

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

22

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

185

Abstract

We have demonstrated a record sensitivity of -37.0 dBm (38 photons/bit) for a BER of 10^-9 at 42.7-Gb/s using an integrated balanced optical front end. Results were obtained using optical preamplification of RZ-DPSK modulation and an external delay-interferometer. The OSNR requirement was measured to be 16.9 dB in a 0.1-nm bandwidth. The impact of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) and chromatic dispersion on the optical front end performance has been measured. Performance for enhanced forward error correction has been projected based on 10^-3 BER performance.

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; error statistics; forward error correction; integrated optics; light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 0.1-nm bandwidth; 42.7 Gbit/s; 42.7-Gb/s integrated balanced optical front end; BER performance; OSNR requirement; RZ-DPSK modulation; RZ-DPSK transmission; chromatic dispersion; differential phase-shift keying; external delay-interferometer; forward error correction; optical preamplification; polarization-mode-dispersion; record sensitivity; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Delay; Integrated optics; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical recording; Optical sensors; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2003.822212

Filename

1266692