Title :
Long-haul WDM transmission of 448 Gbit/s polarisation-division multiplexed 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation using coherent detection
Author :
Renaudier, Jeremie ; Idler, W. ; Bertran-Pardo, Oriol ; Buchali, Fred ; Schuh, Karsten ; Mardoyan, H. ; Tran, P. ; Charlet, G. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
WDM Dynamic Networks Dept., Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
The transmission of a PDM-QAM16 signal at 400 Gbit/s over 1200 km in a WDM environment is demonstrated. The WDM link carrying 40 PDM-QAM16 channels modulated at the same bit rate incorporates ultra-low-loss, large effective area fibre and erbium-doped fibre amplifiers.
Keywords :
amplifiers; doping; erbium; polarisation; quadrature amplitude modulation; telecommunication channels; telecommunication links; wavelength division multiplexing; 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation; PDM-QAM16 channels; WDM link; bit rate 448 Gbit/s; coherent detection; erbium-doped fibre amplifiers; large effective area fibre; long-haul WDM transmission; polarisation-division multiplexed; ultra-low-loss;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.2042
