Title :
160 Gb/s regenerating conversion node
Author :
Ferber, S. ; Ludwig, R. ; Boerner, C. ; Schmidt-Langhorst, C. ; Molle, L. ; Habel, K. ; Rohde, M. ; Weber, H.G. ; Futami, F. ; Watanabe, S.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A single-polarization, 160 Gb/s RZ-DPSK-signal is transmitted over 240 km fiber, processed in a network node converting RZ-DPSK into OOK, 160 Gb/s into 40 Gb/s and the wavelength from 1551 nm to 1559 nm. The 40 Gb/s OOK-signal is transmitted error-free over additional 160 km SSMF.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical phase shifters; optical repeaters; phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; 1551 to 1559 nm; 160 Gbit/s; 160 km; 240 km; 40 Gbit/s; amplitude shift keying; on-off keying; regenerating conversion node; return to zero-differential phase shift keying; single-polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
