Title :
6500 km transmission of RZ-DQPSK WDM signals
Author :
Tokle, T. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Nissov, M. ; Cai, J.-X. ; Foursa, D. ; Pilipetskii, A.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center COM, Lyngby, Denmark
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The first transoceanic transmission experiment using optical differential quadrature phase-shift keying (DQPSK) is presented. The long-haul transmission capabilities of RZ-DQPSK in a 64-channel WDM system have been demonstrated by transmitting 12.5 Gbit/s RZ-DQPSK.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 12.5 Gbit/s; 6500 km; DQPSK; WDM system; optical differential quadrature phase shift keying; return to zero; transoceanic transmission; wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040274
