Title :
Low cost comb source in a coherent wavelength division multiplexed system
Author :
Maher, Robert ; Anandarajah, P.M. ; Ibrahim, Selwan K. ; Barry, Liam P. ; Ellis, Andrew D. ; Perry, Philip ; Phelan, Richard ; Kelly, Brian ; Gorman, James O.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
A low cost seven sub-carrier optical comb source in a 74.648Gb/s coherent wavelength division multiplexed (CoWDM) system is investigated. A spectral efficiency of 0.64bit/s/Hz and an average receiver sensitivity of -26dBm were achieved.
Keywords :
wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate 74.648 Gbit/s; coherent wavelength division multiplexed system; low cost seven sub-carrier optical comb source; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Optical variables control;
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.2010.5621515
