• DocumentCode
    608434
  • Title

    Experimental study of intra- vs. inter-superchannel spectral equalization in flexible grid systems

  • Author

    Kumar, Sudhakar ; Egorov, Roman ; Croussore, K. ; Allen, M. ; Mitchell, Matthew ; Basch, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Infinera, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Benefits of intra-superchannel spectral-equalization are demonstrated in a production 8Tbps system. ~1.2dB OSNR improvement and ~4.5dB reduction in power-spread is measured relative to inter-superchannel equalization. Tradeoff between OSNR and nonlinearity dictates the net reach improvement.
  • Keywords
    equalisers; optical receivers; OSNR improvement; bit rate 8 Tbit/s; flexible grid systems; inter-superchannel spectral equalization; intra-superchannel spectral equalization; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532574