Abstract
1.14 b/s/Hz spectrally efficient 50 × 85.4-Gb/s copolarized return-to-zero differential quarternary phase-shift keying (RZ-DQPSK) signals have been transmitted over 300 km of nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber (NZ-DSF), using optical prefiltering and conventional C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) repeaters. In this study, in order to enhance the spectral efficiency, the impact of optical prefiltering on the RZ-DQPSK signal was experimentally investigated in comparison to the DQPSK signal, and we found that the RZ-DQPSK signal had better sensitivity with almost the same nonlinear tolerance than the DQPSK signal even with 65-GHz bandwidth optical prefiltering.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 108-114 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Lightwave Technology |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Jan |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Copolarized signals
- Optical prefiltering
- Return-to-zero differential quaternary phase-shift keying (RZ-DQPSK)
- Spectral efficiency
- Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics