Title :
Which is the dominant nonlinearity in long-haul PDM-QPSK coherent transmissions?
Author :
Bononi, A. ; Serena, P. ; Rossi, N. ; Sperti, D.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
Abstract :
The contribution of each nonlinear effect to system penalty is investigated in a 20 × 100km homogeneous WDM PDM-QPSK link over wide range of symbol rates and setups. XPolM is found to dominate 112Gb/s dispersion-managed links.
Keywords :
quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; XPolM; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; homogeneous WDM PDM-QPSK link; long-haul PDM-QPSK coherent transmissions; polarization division multiplexing; quadrature phase shift keying; size 100 km; size 20 km; wavelength division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Delta modulation; Dispersion; Modulation; Noise; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621217
