Generation and long-haul transmission of polarization-switched QPSK at 42.9 Gb/s

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9296-9302

  Millar, David S ^a   Lavery, Domaniç ^a   Makovejs, Sergejs ^a   Behrens, Carsten ^a   Thomsen, Benn C ^a   Bayvel, Polina ^a   Savory, Seb J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

40 GB/S; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; GHZ FREQUENCIES; LONG-HAUL TRANSMISSION; RECIRCULATING LOOP; STANDARD FIBERS; WDM SYSTEMS; WDM TRANSMISSION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 79955836245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009296     Document Type: Article

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