• DocumentCode
    712208
  • Title

    Versatile coherent in-line 4-, 16-, 32-QAM subcarrier add/drop-multiplexing by optical frequency conversion

  • Author

    Schmidt-Langhorst, Carsten ; Richter, Thomas ; Elschner, Robert ; Kato, Tomoyuki ; Tanimura, Takahito ; Watanabe, Shigeki ; Schubert, Colja

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich Hertz Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally investigate the modulation format scalability & agility of a coherent add/drop node. Extinction of 25 dB yields OSNR penalties up to 1.1-dB for 3.2-GBd intra-format subcarrier add/drop up to 32QAM and 0.8-dB for inter-format 4QAM-by-16QAM add/drop.
  • Keywords
    multiplexing; optical frequency conversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; OSNR penalty; coherent add-drop node; coherent in-line 16QAM; coherent in-line 32QAM; coherent in-line 4QAM; interformat 4QAM-by-16QAM add-drop; intraformat subcarrier add-drop-multiplexing; modulation format agility; modulation format scalability; optical frequency conversion; Bit error rate; OFDM; Optical frequency conversion; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121544
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=712208