Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate high-baud generation and transmission of PDM-64QAM signals. The 64QAM signal is generated using one single in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) modulator driven with eight-level signals synthesized by all binary electrical inputs. With hard-decision forward error correction (HD-FEC), we first demonstrate 11.2-GBd and 22.4-GBd PDM-64QAM transmissions over 320-km standard single mode fiber (SSMF). Then we specifically introduce a long memory filter (LMF) and prove its effectiveness in reflection compensation both theoretically and experimentally. With the aid of soft-decision FEC (SD-FEC), optical pre-shaping, and LMF, we transmit a 41.4-GBd PDM-64QAM signal over 1200-km SSMF. Finally, using per-channel 41.6-GBd PDM-64QAM with SD-FEC, we successfully demonstrate 50-GHz-spaced, 8 × 499-Gb/s transmission over 720-km SSMF. This is the first demonstration of400-Gb/s/ch WDM transmission on the 50-GHz ITU grid that uses a per-channel single-carrier scheme.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6518120 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2146-2162 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Lightwave Technology |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 400-Gb/s Ethernet (400 GbE)
- Modulation format
- optical communications
- polarization division multiplexing (PDM)
- quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics