256 Gb/s PM-16-QAM quasi-single-mode transmission over 2600 km using few-mode fiber with multi-path interference compensation

Author

Qi Sui ; Hongyu Zhang ; Downie, J.D. ; Wood, William A. ; Hurley, Jason ; Mishra, Shivakant ; Lau, Alan Pak Tao ; Chao Lu ; Hwa-Yaw Tam ; Wai, P.K.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2014

fDate

9-13 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate 256 Gb/s PM-16-QAM transmission up to 2600 km by using 100-km spans of few-mode fibers (FMF) operating in quasi-single-mode (QSM) transmission and using a DD-LMS algorithm to compensate multi-path interference (MPI).

Keywords

compensation; least mean squares methods; light interference; light transmission; multiplexing; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; DD-LMS algorithm; FMF; MPI; Multi-Path Interference Compensation; PM-16-QAM quasisingle-mode transmission; QSM; bit rate 256 Gbit/s; decision-directed-least mean square algorithm; distance 100 km; few-mode fiber; polarization-multiplexing; Bit error rate; Educational institutions; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-5575-2994-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1364/OFC.2014.M3C.5

Filename

6886587