Title :
Experimental comparison of non linear threshold and optimum pre dispersion of 43 Gb/s ASK and DPSK formats
Author :
Dischler, R. ; Klekamp, A. ; Lazaro, J. ; Idler, W.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Germany
Abstract :
43 Gb/s ASK and DPSK formats, each with 4 duty-cycles, are compared on single channel nonlinear impairments. We measured the nonlinear threshold, pre-dispersion optimum and tolerance and found a NLT benefit for DPSK up to 2 dB.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 43 Gbit/s; ASK format; DPSK format; nonlinear threshold; optimum predispersion; single channel nonlinear impairments;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
