Title :
1.6 bit/s/Hz orthogonally polarized CSRZ-DQPSK transmission of 8/spl times/40 Gbit/s over 320 km NDSF
Author :
Zhu, Y. ; Cordina, K. ; Jolley, N. ; Feced, R. ; Kee, H. ; Rickard, R. ; Hadjifotiou, A.
Author_Institution :
Harlow Labs., Nortel Networks, Harlow, UK
Abstract :
We report experimental results of 1.6 bit/s/Hz, 8/spl times/40 Gbit/s OP-CSRZ-DQPSK transmission over 320 km NDSF and demonstration of an 8-fold extension in 40 Gbit/s chromatic dispersion tolerance and a doubling of 40 Gbit/s PMD tolerance without any adjustable compensator.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 320 Gbit/s; 320 km; 40 Gbit/s; CSRZ-DQPSK; NDSF; PMD tolerance; chromatic dispersion tolerance; orthogonally polarized transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
