Transmission of Single-Channel 16-QAM Data Signals at Terabaud Symbol Rates

Thomas Richter; Evarist Palushani; Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst; Reinhold Ludwig; Lutz Molle; Markus Nolle; Colja Schubert

doi:10.1109/JLT.2011.2174029

Transmission of Single-Channel 16-QAM Data Signals at Terabaud Symbol Rates

Thomas Richter, Evarist Palushani, Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst, Reinhold Ludwig, Lutz Molle, Markus Nolle, Colja Schubert

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Abstract

We present latest results for OTDM transmission systems in combination with digital coherent detection achieving record-high serial data rates in a single-wavelength channel. We show serial data transmission of 5.1 Tb/s (640 GBd) over 80-km and 10.2 Tb/s (1.28 TBd) over 29-km dispersion managed fiber (DMF). For 5.1-Tb/s transmission over 80-km DMF, the BER of all 128 OTDM-tributaries (both polarizations) is found to be below the hard-decision FEC-threshold, corresponding to an error-free net data rate of 4.8 Tb/s. In a 10.2-Tb/s experiment, the BER of all 256 TDM-tributaries (both polarizations) is found to be below the FEC-threshold in the back-to-back configuration. This translates to an error-free net data rate of 9.5 Tb/s. After transmission over a 29-km DMF negligible pulse broadening and a BER below the FEC limit is found.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	30
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	504-511
ISSN	0733-8724
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2011.2174029
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Optical fiber communication
Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)
Optical time-division multiplexing
Coherent detection

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Transmission of Single-Channel 16-QAM Data Signals at Terabaud Symbol Rates

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