400G WDM transmission on the 50 GHz grid for future optical networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3779-3792

  Zhou, Xiang ^a   Nelson, Lynn E ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; coherent; digital; fiber; modulation format; optical filtering; optical transmission; pulse shaping; quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexers (ROADM); spectral efficiency (SE)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY; COHERENT; DIGITAL; MODULATION FORMATS; OPTICAL FILTERING; PULSE-SHAPING; RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXERS; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES;

FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 84870982920     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2206013     Document Type: Article

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