Title :
3 × 485-Gb/s WDM transmission over 4800 km of ULAF and 12 × 100-GHz WSSs using CO-OFDM and single coherent detection with 80-GS/s ADCs
Author :
Liu, Xiang ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Zhu, B. ; Peckham, D.W. ; Draving, S. ; Evangelista, J. ; Hoffman, N. ; Youn, C.J. ; Kwon, Y.H. ; Nam, E.S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate WDM transmission of three 485-Gb/s CO-OFDM channels with 16-QAM subcarrier-modulation, each received by a single coherent detection step. Transmission over 48 100-km ULAF spans and 12 wavelength-selective-switches with 4-b/s/Hz net spectral-efficiency is achieved.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; analogue-digital conversion; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; ADC; CO-OFDM; QAM subcarrier modulation; ULAF; WDM transmission; WSS; analog-to-digital converter; bit rate 485 Gbit/s; coherent detection; frequency 1200 GHz; spectral efficiency; ultra large area fiber; wavelength selective switch; Bandwidth; Forward error correction; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
