Title :
Tolerances for add/drop operation of a coherent multiplexing node based on fiber frequency conversion
Author :
Richter, Thomas ; Schmidt-Langhorst, Carsten ; Elschner, Robert ; Kato, Toshihiko ; Tanimura, Takahito ; Watanabe, Shigetaka ; Schubert, Colja
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich Hertz Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the impact of delay and amplitude mismatch in a recently developed coherent add/drop-multiplexer architecture. The tolerances are quantified as OSNR penalties at a bit-error ratio of 1×10-3 for a 3.2-GBd QPSK signal.
Keywords :
error statistics; multiplexing equipment; phase shift keying; OSNR penalties; QPSK signal; add-drop operation; bit-error ratio; coherent multiplexing node; fiber frequency conversion; Adaptive optics; Delays; Frequency conversion; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963828
