Stable 100-Gb/s POLMUX-DQPSK Transmission With Automatic Polarization Stabilization

Author

Boffi, P. ; Ferrario, M. ; Marazzi, L. ; Martelli, P. ; Parolari, P. ; Righetti, A. ; Siano, R. ; Martinelli, M.

Author_Institution

Consortium Res. Opt. Process. & Switching Milan, CoreCom, Milan

Volume

21

Issue

11

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

745

Lastpage

747

Abstract

The reliability of 100-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift keying transmission is demonstrated exploiting direct detection and automatic polarization stabilization. We experimentally verified a 2-dB chromatic dispersion tolerance of 100 ps/nm. Long-term stability has also been assessed by sampling the bit-error rate every 3 min over a continuous period of 8 h. Measurements are performed both in back-to-back and after 8.8 km uncompensated standard single-mode fiber, in the presence of a polarization scrambler.

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; quadrature phase shift keying; POLMUX-DQPSK transmission; automatic polarization stabilization; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit-error rate sampling; chromatic dispersion tolerance; differential quadrature phase-shift keying transmission; distance 8.8 km; optical fibre communication; polarization scrambler; single-mode fiber; time 3 min; time 8 hr; Differential quadrature phase-shift keying (DQPSK); optical fiber communication; polarization multiplexing (POLMUX); polarization stabilizer;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2016758

Filename

4801708