Ultra-high capacity WDM transmission using spectrally-efficient PDM 16-QAM modulation and C- and extended L-band wideband optical amplification

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 578-586

  Sano, Akihide ^a   Masuda, Hiroji ^c   Kobayashi, Takayuki ^a   Fujiwara, Masamichi ^d   Horikoshi, Kengo ^a   Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Miyamoto, Yutaka ^a   Matsui, Munehiro ^a   Mizoguchi, Masato ^a   Yamazaki, Hiroshi ^b   Sakamaki, Yohei ^b   Ishii, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

coherent detection; Extended L band erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); multi level modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); Raman amplification; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COHERENT DETECTION; EXTENDED L-BAND ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA); MULTI-LEVEL MODULATION; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM);

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; ERBIUM; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 79951660872     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2107030     Document Type: Article

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