Title :
Fibre nonlinear threshold comparison of SMF and NZDSF types on binary 43 Gb/s modulation formats
Author :
Klekamp, A. ; Dischler, R. ; Idler, W.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Alcatel SEL, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We compared experimentally the maximum fibre input power of SMF, TeraLight and TrueWave fibres (single span) on 43 Gb/s ASK/DPSK formats, covering NRZ and RZ formats. At DPSK SMF yields highest fibre input power and highest pre-dispersion tolerance.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; 43 Gbit/s; ASK/DPSK format; DPSK SMF; NRZ; NZDSF; RZ format; SMF; fibre nonlinear threshold; modulation formats; predispersion tolerance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
