• DocumentCode
    378289
  • Title

    Upgrading of N×40 Gb/s WDM system from 100 GHz to 50 GHz channel spacing by duobinary interleaving concept with optical transversal filter

  • Author

    Wree, Christoph ; Bohn, M. ; Rosenkranz, Werner

  • Author_Institution
    Kiel Univ., Germany
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    532
  • Abstract
    We suggest the use of an optical transversal filter for the simultaneous duobinary encoding of several WDM-channels. An add-on concept to upgrade an existing 40 Gb/s WDM system and reduce the channel spacing from 100 to 50 GHz is proposed and investigated.
  • Keywords
    binary codes; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; WDM; channel spacing; duobinary encoding; duobinary interleaving; optical transversal filter; spectral efficiency; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Interleaved codes; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989095
  • Filename
    989095