Title :
Quad-polarization transmission for high-capacity IM/DD links
Author :
Estaran, Jose ; Usuga, Mario ; Porto, Edson ; Piels, Molly ; Olmedo, Miguel Iglesias ; Monroy, I.T.
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We report the first experimental demonstration of IM/DD links using four states of polarization. Fiber-Induced polarization rotation is compensated with a simple tracking algorithm operating on the Stokes space. The principle is proven at 128 Gb/s over 2-km SSMF.
Keywords :
intensity modulation; optical fibre communication; polarisation; Intensity modulation and direct detection; fiber-induced polarization rotation; high-capacity IM-DD links; quad-polarization transmission; simple tracking algorithm; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964276
