Title :
Characterization of the impact of non-linear effects in coherent transmission experiments
Author :
Bigo, Sébastien ; Charlet, Gabriel ; Pardo, Oriol Bertran ; Renaudier, Jérémie
Author_Institution :
Centre de Villarceaux, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay
Abstract :
We measure the impact of optical nonlinear effects on polarization-multiplexed coherent channels at 40 Gb/s, possibly surrounded by legacy channels at 10 Gb/s. We then discuss several mitigation strategies against these effects.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical communication; quadrature phase shift keying; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; coherent transmission experiments; mitigation strategies; optical nonlinear effects; polarization-multiplexed coherent channels; quadrature phase shift keying; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1925-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590521
