• DocumentCode
    3701161
  • Title

    Spatially distributed aggregation of a polarization-division multiplexed superchannel by frequency conversion in fiber

  • Author

    Thomas Richter;Robert Elschner;Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst;Tomoyuki Kato;Takahito Tanimura;Shigeki Watanabe;Colja Schubert

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We extend our concept for distributed ultra-dense frequency-division multiplex of single-polarization subcarriers to multiplex of polarization-division multiplexed (PDM) subcarriers. Precise frequency allocation of PDM subcarriers within a 400-Gb/s superchannel is experimentally validated with Nyquist-shaped PDM-QPSK subcarriers.
  • Keywords
    "Frequency conversion","Optical polarization","Multiplexing","Frequency modulation","Optical fiber polarization"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341856
  • Filename
    7341856