• DocumentCode
    1678596
  • Title

    Demonstration of 1000km 43Gb/s RZ-DPSK Transmission through a 50GHz Channel Spaced WSS

  • Author

    Zaacks, M. ; Mahlab, U. ; Mamyshev, P. ; Rasmussen, C. ; Calvitti, J. ; Falta, K.

  • Author_Institution
    ECI Telecom, Petach Tikva
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate bandwidth-limited 1000 km transmission of 43 Gb/s RZ-DPSK signals. System bandwidth was limited via a MEMS-based wavelength-selective switch operating at 50 GHz channel spacing. The system demonstrates increased tolerance to bandwidth limitation, noise and non- linearity.
  • Keywords
    bandwidth allocation; differential phase shift keying; microswitches; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; MEMS-based wavelength-selective switch; RZ-DPSK signal transmission; WSS; bandwidth limitation; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; channel spacing; frequency 50 GHz; size 1000 km; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Modulation; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348484
  • Filename
    4348484