TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance comparison of SSMF and ultra wave fibers for ultra-long-haul 40-Gb/s WDM transmission
AU - Pincemin, E.
AU - Tan, A.
AU - Tonello, A.
AU - Wabnitz, S.
AU - Ania-Castañón, J.D.
AU - Mezentsev, V.
AU - Turitsyn, S.K.
AU - Jaouën, Y.
AU - Grüner-Nielsen, L.
PY - 2007/10/15
Y1 - 2007/10/15
N2 - We experimentally compare the performance of standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) and UltraWave fiber (UWF) for ultra-long-haul (ULH) 40-Gb/s wavelength- division- multiplexing transmissions. We used the carrier-suppressed return-to-zero amplitude-shift-keying (CSRZ-ASK) and the carrier-suppressed return-to-zero differential-phase-shift-keying (CSRZ-DPSK) formats, which are particularly well-adapted to 40-Gb/s pulse-overlapped propagation. We demonstrate that transmission distance well beyond 2000 km can be reached on UWF with both the CSRZ-ASK and CSRZ-DPSK formats, or on SSMF with the CSRZ-DPSK format only, thus indicating that SSMF-based infrastructure of incumbent carriers can be upgraded at 40-Gb/s channel rates to ULH distances. © 2007 IEEE.
AB - We experimentally compare the performance of standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) and UltraWave fiber (UWF) for ultra-long-haul (ULH) 40-Gb/s wavelength- division- multiplexing transmissions. We used the carrier-suppressed return-to-zero amplitude-shift-keying (CSRZ-ASK) and the carrier-suppressed return-to-zero differential-phase-shift-keying (CSRZ-DPSK) formats, which are particularly well-adapted to 40-Gb/s pulse-overlapped propagation. We demonstrate that transmission distance well beyond 2000 km can be reached on UWF with both the CSRZ-ASK and CSRZ-DPSK formats, or on SSMF with the CSRZ-DPSK format only, thus indicating that SSMF-based infrastructure of incumbent carriers can be upgraded at 40-Gb/s channel rates to ULH distances. © 2007 IEEE.
KW - modulation formats
KW - optical communications
KW - optical fibers
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U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2007.904915
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2007.904915
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 1613
EP - 1615
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
SN - 1041-1135
IS - 20
ER -