Title :
Simultaneous waveform and bit-error-rate measurements of 66 GBd PDM-16-QAM signals
Author :
Sköld, Mats ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Westlund, Mathias ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
EXFO Sweden AB, Göteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
We demonstrate waveform analysis and BER measurements of a PDM-NRZ-16-QAM signal at a record base symbol rate using asynchronous optical under-sampling. A BER below the FEC limit was achieved at 528 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
error statistics; multiplexing; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; waveform analysis; BER measurement; FEC limit; PDM-NRZ-16-QAM signal; asynchronous optical under-sampling; base symbol rate; bit rate 528 Gbit/s; bit-error-rate measurement; polarization division multiplexing; waveform analysis; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
