On the performance of nyquist-WDM terabit superchannels based on PM-BPSK, PM-QPSK, PM-8QAM or PM-16QAM subcarriers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Bosco, G ^a   Curri, V ^a   Carena, A ^a   Poggiolini, P ^a   Forghieri, F ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Cisco Photonics Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherent detection; nonlinear propagation; Nyquist WDM; PDM 16QAM; PDM 8QAM; PDM BPSK; PDM QPSK; PM 16QAM; PM 8QAM; PM BPSK; PM QPSK; superchannel

Indexed keywords

COHERENT DETECTION; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; NYQUIST-WDM; PDM-16QAM; PDM-8QAM; PDM-BPSK; PDM-QPSK; PM-16QAM; PM-8QAM; PM-BPSK; PM-QPSK; SUPERCHANNEL;

AMPLIFICATION; FIBERS; LAUNCHING; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 79951991197     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2091254     Document Type: Article

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