Polarization and frequency division multiplexed 1 Gsymbol/s, 64 QAM coherent optical transmission with 8.6 bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency over 160 km

Hiroki Goto, Masato Yoshida, Tatsunori Omiya, Keisuke Kasai, Masataka Nakazawa

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Abstract

Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is an excellent modulation format for realizing optical communication systems with a high spectral efficiency aiming at 10bit/s/Hz. We describe a three-channel frequency division multiplexed (FDM) and polarizationmultiplexed 1 Gsymbol/s, 64 QAM coherent transmission over a 160 km SMF with a 1.4 GHz spacing. The total capacity for each channel reaches 36Gbit/s in an optical bandwidth of 4.2 GHz, resulting in a spectral efficiency of 8.6bit/s/Hz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)776-781
Number of pages6
JournalIEICE Electronics Express
Volume5
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Sept 25

Keywords

  • Coherent transmission
  • Frequency division multi-plexing
  • Frequency-stabilized laser
  • Polarization multiplexing
  • QAM

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