Title :
DWDM and single channel fibre nonlinear thresholds for 43 Gb/s ASK and DPSK formats over various fibre types
Author :
Klekamp, A. ; Dischler, R. ; Idler, W.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Germany
Abstract :
We experimentally compared nonlinear-thresholds for single channel and DWDM (0.4 bit/s/Hz) over various fibre types. NZDSFs show generally slightly reduced NLT vs. SMF and only ASK modulated DWDM systems over true wave are penalized versus single channel transmission.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 43 Gbit/s; ASK; DPSK formats; DWDM; non zero dispersion shifted fibres; single channel fibre nonlinear thresholds; Amplitude shift keying; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Length measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215955
