Title :
Experimental demonstration of pilot-based XPM nonlinearity compensator for CO-OFDM systems
Author :
Du, Liang ; Lowery, Arthur
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate that pilot-based nonlinearity compensation is effective for mitigating XPM for CO-OFDM systems. In a 400-km periodic dispersion map, the nonlinearity limit was increased by 5 dB if used together with SPM compensation.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; CO-OFDM system; nonlinearity limit; periodic dispersion map; pilot-based XPM nonlinearity compensator; Bandwidth; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
