• DocumentCode
    3699690
  • Title

    Nonlinear performance of 200Gb/s, 400Gb/s and 1Tb/s PM-16QAM superchannels in dynamic WDM traffic scenario

  • Author

    Talha Rahman;Chigo Okonkwo;Huug de Waardt;Danish Rafique;Antonio Napoli;Bernhard Spinnler

  • Author_Institution
    COBRA Research Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally evaluate flex-grid network upgrade scenarios, employing variable data rates and modulation formats and show that optical channel power should be assigned with knowledge of existing neighboring traffic to achieve best performance in WDM transmission.
  • Keywords
    "Nonlinear optics","Optical polarization","Optical pulses","Optical modulation","Optical fiber networks","Optical receivers","Wavelength division multiplexing"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2015
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2166-8892
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2015.7340126
  • Filename
    7340126