400-G Single Carrier 500-km Transmission With an InP Dual Polarization IQ Modulator

In this letter, we demonstrate experimentally 400-G transmission over 500 km using an InP-based dual-polarization IQ modulator on a single wavelength. The results show that a 56-Gbaud polarization division multiplexed (PDM)-16-quadratic-amplitude modulation (QAM) modulated signal can be transmitted...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2016-06, Vol.28 (11), p.1213-1216
Main Authors: Sowailem, Mohammed Y. S., Hoang, Thang M., Morsy-Osman, Mohamed, Chagnon, Mathieu, Patel, David, Paquet, Stephane, Paquet, Carl, Woods, Ian, Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile, Plant, David V.
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Language:English
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Coherent System
Digital signal processing
Indium Phosphide Based Modulator
Modulation
Modulation Formats
Optical amplifiers
Optical attenuators
Optical fibers
Optical filters
Optical transmitters
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Summary:In this letter, we demonstrate experimentally 400-G transmission over 500 km using an InP-based dual-polarization IQ modulator on a single wavelength. The results show that a 56-Gbaud polarization division multiplexed (PDM)-16-quadratic-amplitude modulation (QAM) modulated signal can be transmitted over 500 km at a bit error rate (BER) below the hard decision forward error correcting threshold of 3.8 ×10 -3 . A 43-Gbaud PDM-64-QAM modulated signal can be transmitted over 320 km with a BER below the soft decision forward error correcting threshold of 2×10 -2 .
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2016.2532238