Performance analysis of coherent 222-Gb/s NRZ PM-16QAM WDM systems over long-haul links

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 266-268

  Curri, V ^a   Poggiolini, P ^a   Carena, Andrea ^a   Forghieri, F ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Cisco Photonics Italy srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherent detection; Dispersion compensation; Dispersion management; Electronic dispersion compensation (EDC); Nonlinear effects; Polarization multiplexed 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (PM 16QAM) wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COHERENT DETECTION; DISPERSION MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR EFFECTS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LEGACY SYSTEMS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; POLARIZATION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 76849089333     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2038282     Document Type: Article

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