1.6-b/s/Hz spectrally efficient transmission over 1700 km of SSMF using 40 × 85.6-Gb/s POLMUX-RZ-DQPSK

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 222-232

  van den Borne, D ^a   Jansen, S L ^a   Gottwald, Erich ^b   Krummrich, Peter M ^b   Khoe, G D ^a   de Waardt, H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK); Long haul transmission; Polarization multiplexing (POLMUX); Robust modulation formats; Spectral efficiency

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

CHANNEL SPACING; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; LONG-HAUL TRANSMISSION; POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY;

QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

EID: 34147116640     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.886724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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