Title :
Long-haul (3465 km) transmission of a 10 GBd QPSK signal with low noise phase-sensitive in-line amplification
Author :
Olsson, Samuel L. I. ; Lundstroum, Carl ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We report the first use of low noise in-line phase-sensitive amplifiers in a long-haul circulating loop experiment. A reach extension of 200% compared to using EDFAs is observed with a 10 GBd QPSK signal.
Keywords :
amplifiers; optical fibre networks; quadrature phase shift keying; EDFA; QPSK Signal; distance 3465 km; fiber optical transmission links; long-haul circulating loop; low noise phase-sensitive in-line amplification; oflow noise in-line phase-sensitive amplifiers; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Gain; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964278
