Title :
Linear and nonlinear transmission of 16-QAM Over 105 km phase-sensitive amplified link
Author :
Olsson, Samuel L. I. ; Eriksson, Tobias A. ; Lundstrom, Carl ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We demonstrate 16-QAM transmission over a 105 km phase-sensitive amplified link showing significantly improved performance in both the linear and nonlinear propagation regime. Constellation and BER measurements are performed.
Keywords :
error statistics; light propagation; light transmission; optical fibre amplifiers; optical links; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; quadrature amplitude modulation; BER; FOPA; fiber optic parametric amplifier; linear 16-QAM transmission; linear propagation regime; nonlinear 16-QAM transmission; nonlinear propagation regime; phase-sensitive amplified link; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1H.3
