Experimental comparison of coherent polarization-switched QPSK to polarization-multiplexed QPSK for 10 × 100 km WDM transmission

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10849-10856

  Nelson, L E ^a   Zhou, X ^a   Mac Suibhne, N ^b   Ellis, A D ^b   Magill, P ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DETECTOR CIRCUITS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLEXING; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BACK-TO-BACK SENSITIVITY; BIT ERROR RATIOS; BIT RATES; COHERENT RECEIVERS; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; WDM TRANSMISSION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 79957601172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010849     Document Type: Article

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