• DocumentCode
    1022190
  • Title

    25.6-Tb/s WDM Transmission of Polarization-Multiplexed RZ-DQPSK Signals

  • Author

    Gnauck, A.H. ; Charlet, G. ; Tran, P. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Centanni, J.C. ; Burrows, E.C. ; Kawanishi, T. ; Sakamoto, T. ; Higuma, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Lucent, Bell
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    79
  • Lastpage
    84
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate record 25.6-Tb/s transmission over 240 km using 160 WDM channels on a 50-GHz grid in the C+L bands. Each channel contains two polarization-multiplexed 85.4-Gb/s RZ-DQPSK signals, yielding a spectral efficiency of 3.2b/s/Hz in each band.
  • Keywords
    differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate 25.6 Tbit/s; bit rate 85.4 Gbit/s; differential quadrature phase shift keying; frequency 50 GHz; modulation formats; optical fiber communications; optical modulation; spectral efficiency; wavelength division multiplexing; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; high spectral efficiency; modulation formats; optical fiber communications; optical modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2007.912110
  • Filename
    4413093
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1022190