Modulation formats for 100G and beyond

E Lach, W Idler - Optical fiber technology, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper reviews technological options for the modulation formats for serial optical
transmission of 100Gb/s and beyond. In the first part an overview on various modulation …

On the performance of Nyquist-WDM terabit superchannels based on PM-BPSK, PM-QPSK, PM-8QAM or PM-16QAM subcarriers

G Bosco, V Curri, A Carena, P Poggiolini… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We investigated through simulations the performance of Nyquist-WDM Terabit
superchannels implemented using polarization-multiplexed phase shift-keying based on 2 …

OFDM for next-generation optical access networks

N Cvijetic - Journal of lightwave technology, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this tutorial overview, the principles, advantages, challenges, and practical requirements
of optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based optical access are …

OFDM for flexible high-speed optical networks

W Shieh - Journal of lightwave technology, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fast advancing silicon technology underpinned by Moore's law is creating a major
transformation in optical fiber communications. The recent upsurge of interests in optical …

Spectrally efficient long-haul WDM transmission using 224-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed 16-QAM

AH Gnauck, PJ Winzer, S Chandrasekhar… - journal of lightwave …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We discuss the generation, wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) long-haul transmission,
and coherent detection of 224-Gb/s polarization-division-multiplexed (PDM) 16-ary …

448-Gb/s reduced-guard-interval CO-OFDM transmission over 2000 km of ultra-large-area fiber and five 80-GHz-grid ROADMs

X Liu, S Chandrasekhar, B Zhu, PJ Winzer… - Journal of lightwave …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel coherent optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (CO-
OFDM) scheme with reduced guard interval (RGI) for high-speed high-spectral-efficiency …

Dual-LP11 mode 4x4 MIMO-OFDM transmission over a two-mode fiber

A Al Amin, A Li, S Chen, X Chen, G Gao, W Shieh - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We report successful transmission of dual-LP_11 mode (LP_11a and LP_11b), dual
polarization coherent optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (CO-OFDM) signals …

40nm wavelength tunable gain-switched optical comb source

R Zhou, S Latkowski, J O'Carroll, R Phelan, LP Barry… - Optics …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
A wavelength tunable optical comb is generated based on the gain-switching of an
externally seeded Fabry-Pérot laser diode. The comb consists of about eight clearly …

Transmission of 107-Gb/s mode and polarization multiplexed CO-OFDM signal over a two-mode fiber

A Li, A Al Amin, X Chen, W Shieh - Optics Express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
In addition to the dimensions of time, frequency, complex constellation, and polarization,
spatial mode can be the fifth dimension to be explored for modulation and multiplexing in …

InP-based comb generator for optical OFDM

N Dupuis, CR Doerr, L Zhang, L Chen… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe in more detail a novel InP-based comb generator for optical orthogonal
frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) transmission. The device integrates a Mach …