Author :
Gavioli, G. ; Torrengo, E. ; Bosco, G. ; Carena, A. ; Curri, V. ; Miot, V. ; Poggiolini, P. ; Belmonte, M. ; Guglierame, A. ; Brinciotti, A. ; La Porta, A. ; Forghieri, F. ; Muzio, C. ; Osnago, G. ; Piciaccia, S. ; Lezzi, C. ; Molle, L. ; Freund, R.
Author_Institution :
OptCom, Politec. di Torino, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
We present an experiment of WDM 100 Gb/s coherent NRZ-PM-QPSK transmission over 16 spans of installed SSMF. We used variable span loss, with and without optical dispersion compensation, to investigate maximum non-linear reach.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; NRZ-PM-QPSK transmission; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; dispersion compensating units; standard single mode fiber; wavelength division multiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Photonics; Quadrature phase shift keying; Wavelength division multiplexing;
