Title :
Transmission of mixed 260-Gb/s PDM-16QAM and 130-Gb/s PDM-QPSK over 960-km and 4160-km dispersion-managed SSMF spans
Author :
Chongjin Xie ; Raybon, G.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Using pulse shaping and maximum-likelihood detection techniques, we successfully transmit a mix of 260-Gb/s PDM-16QAM and 130-Gb/s PDM-QPSK channels at a 50-GHz channel spacing over 960-km and 4160-km legacy dispersion-managed SSMF spans, respectively.
Keywords :
channel spacing; maximum likelihood detection; multiplexing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical pulse shaping; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; PDM-16QAM; PDM-QPSK channels; bit rate 130 Gbit/s; bit rate 260 Gbit/s; channel spacing; distance 4160 km; distance 960 km; frequency 50 GHz; legacy dispersion-managed SSMF spans; maximum-likelihood detection; polarization-division-multiplexed quadrature-phase-shift-keying; pulse shaping; Channel spacing; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Phase shift keying; Pulse shaping methods;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
