Title :
Generation and transmission of 21.4-Gbaud PDM 64-QAM using a high-power DAC driving a single I/Q modulator
Author :
Gnauck, A.H. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Konczykowska, A. ; Jorge, F. ; Dupuy, J. -Y ; Riet, M. ; Charlet, G. ; Zhu, B. ; Peckham, D.W.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We generate a single-carrier 21.4-Gbaud PDM 64-QAM signal (256.8-Gb/s line rate) using a single I/Q modulator driven by 8-level electrical waveforms from a novel high-power digital-to-analog converter. We demonstrate transmission over 400 km of ultra-large-area fiber.
Keywords :
digital-analogue conversion; modulators; quadrature amplitude modulation; DAC; I/Q modulator; PDM 64-QAM; bit rate 256.8 Gbit/s; distance 400 km; high-power digital-to-analog converter; polarization division multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; Bit error rate; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
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
