Title :
ROADM system for space division multiplexing with spatial superchannels
Author :
Feuer, Mark D. ; Nelson, L.E. ; Abedin, Kazi ; Zhou, Xiaoxin ; Taunay, Thierry F. ; Fini, J.F. ; Zhu, Benpeng ; Isaac, R. ; Harel, R. ; Cohen, G. ; Marom, Dan M.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs. - Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A two-span SDM system includes the first ROADM supporting spatial superchannels and the first cladding-pumped multicore-EDFA directly spliced to multicore transmission fiber. For 6×40×128-Gb/s SDM-WDM-PDM-QPSK transmission, BER penalties are ≤1.6dB in Add, Drop, and Express paths.
Keywords :
erbium; error statistics; optical communication; optical fibre amplifiers; quadrature phase shift keying; space division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; BER penalties; ROADM system; SDM-WDM-PDM-QPSK transmission; cladding-pumped multicore-EDFA; multicore transmission fiber; space division multiplexing; spatial superchannels; Bit error rate; Gain; Mirrors; Multicore processing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
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
