• DocumentCode
    421650
  • Title

    Experimental comparison of RZ-IMDD and RZ-DQPSK performance in a standard 2000-km DWDM system

  • Author

    Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Marazzi, Lucia ; Paradiso, Livio ; Parolari, Paola ; Righetti, Aldo ; Siano, Rocco ; Franco, Pierluigi ; Cigliutti, Roberto ; Mottarella, Diego ; Martinelli, Mario

  • Author_Institution
    CoreCom, Milano, Italy
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We experimentally compare BER performance obtained by doubling the data-rate from 10 Gb/s RZ-IMDD modulation format to 20-Gb/s-equivalent RZ-DQPSK format in a standard 2000-km 33-GHz spaced 64-channel DWDM link.
  • Keywords
    differential phase shift keying; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; 2000 km; 33 GHz; 64-channel DWDM link; BER performance; RZ-DQPSK; RZ-IMDD;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360846