111-Gb/s POLMUX-RZ-DQPSK Transmission over LEAF: Optical versus Electrical Dispersion Compensation

1 January 2009

proceedings article
Published by Optica Publishing Group

p. OThR4
https://doi.org/10.1364/ofc.2009.othr4

Abstract

We investigate the transmission performance of 111-Gb/s POLMUX-RZ-DQPSK modulation using either optical or electrical dispersion compensation. We show that after 2000-km LEAF transmission both link configurations have a comparable nonlinear tolerance.

Keywords

FIBER OPTICS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
COHERENT COMMUNICATIONS
OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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