320 Gbit/s, 20 Gsymbol/s 256 QAM coherent transmission over 160 km by using injection-locked local oscillator

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Abstract

We demonstrate 20 Gsymbol/s, 256 QAM polarization multiplexed (pol-mux) 320 Gbit/s coherent transmission. By employing an LD-based injection locking circuit, we achieved low noise optical carrier-phase locking between the LO and the data signal. Furthermore, frequency domain equalization and digital back-propagation enabled us to realize precise compensation for transmitted waveform distortions. As a result, a 320 Gbit/s data was successfully transmitted over 160 km with a potential spectral efficiency of 10.9 bit/s/Hz. This is the highest symbol rate yet achieved in a pol-mux 256 QAM coherent transmission. In addition, we also describe a pol-mux 256 QAM transmission at a symbol rate of 10 Gsymbol/s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22088-22096
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume24
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Sept 5

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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