• DocumentCode
    515562
  • Title

    256 QAM (64 Gbit/s) coherent optical transmission over 160 km with an optical bandwidth of 5.4 GHz

  • Author

    Nakazawa, Masataka ; Okamoto, Seiji ; Omiya, Tatsunori ; Kasai, Keisuke ; Yoshida, Masato

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present the first demonstration of 256 QAM coherent optical transmission, where 64 Gbit/s polarization-multiplexed data at 4 Gsymbol/s were successfully transmitted over 160 km with an optical bandwidth of only 5.4 GHz.
  • Keywords
    light transmission; multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; coherent optical transmission; optical bandwidth; polarization-multiplexed data; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465271