Title :
Nonlinear impact of diverse optical routing in uncompensated 120 Gb/s PM-QPSK links
Author :
Searcy, Steven ; Tibuleac, Sorin
Author_Institution :
ADVA Opt. Networking, Norcross, GA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally examine nonlinear penalties for 120 Gb/s PM-QPSK signals in uncompensated links with co-propagating channels added and dropped along the link. Dependencies on add/drop frequency and pre-dispersion on the add channels are also investigated.
Keywords :
network routing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; phase modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; add/drop frequency; bit rate 120 Gbit/s; co-propagating channels; diverse optical routing; nonlinear impact; pre-dispersion; uncompensated PM-QPSK links; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995349
