Title :
Mid-span spectral inversion in broad band CO-OFDM systems for increased transmission distance
Author :
Morshed, Monir ; Corcoran, B. ; Lowery, Arthur J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We investigate benefits of practical mid-span spectral inversion in a broad band CO-OFDM system for increased transmission distance. Simulations show 70% increase in a 160-GHz wide 16-QAM OFDM super channel from 15×80-km to 26×80-km.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM OFDM super channel; bandwidth 160 GHz; broad band CO-OFDM systems; coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; increased transmission distance; midspan spectral inversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; Band-pass filters; Couplers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; OFDM; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
