Performance comparison of 40 Gb/s ULH transmissions using CSRZ-ASK or CSRZ-DPSK modulation formats on Ultra Wave™ fiber

E. Pincemin*, A. Tan, A. Tonello, S. Wabnitz, J.D. Ania-Castañón, V. Mezentsev, S. Turitsyn, Y. Jaouën, L. Grüner-Nielsen

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Abstract

In this work we present extensive comparisons between numerical modelling and experimental measurements of the transmission performance of either CSRZ-ASK or CSRZ-DPSK modulation formats for 40-Gb/s WDM ULH systems on UltraWave™ fiber spans with all-Raman amplification. We numerically optimised the amplification and the signal format parameters for both CSRZ-DPSK and CSRZ-ASK formats. Numerical and experimental results show that, in a properly optimized transmission link, the DPSK format permits to double the transmission distance (for a given BER level) with respect to the ASK format, while keeping a substantial OSNR margin (on ASK modulation) after the propagation in the fiber line. Our comparison between numerical and experimental results permits to identify what is the most suitable BER estimator in assessing the transmission performance when using the DPSK format. © 2007 Optical Society of America.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11142-11153
Number of pages12
JournalOptics Express
Volume15
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Sept 2007

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