Title :
Optical OFDM, a hype or is it for real?
Author :
Jansen, Sander L. ; Morita, Itsuro ; Forozesh, Kamyar ; Randel, Sebastian ; van den Borne, Dirk ; Tanaka, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
Nokia Siemens Networks, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
During the last two years, numerous researchers have dedicated their work in optical OFDM and, consequently, the number of papers has grown exponentially. In this paper we evaluate the suitability of OFDM for long-haul 100GbE applications.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; long-haul 100GbE applications; optical OFDM; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Ethernet networks; OFDM; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Phase noise; Research and development; Space technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729133
