Non-Linear Propagation Limits and Optimal Dispersion Map for 222 Gbit/s WDM Coherent PM-16QAM transmission
Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria
Proceedings: ECOC 2009
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Carena, A.; Curri, V.; Poggiolini, P. (OptCom, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Torino, Italy)
Forghieri, F. (Cisco Photonics Italy srl, Via Philips 12, 20052, Monza, Italy)
Abstract:
We investigate through simulation the impact of non-linear propagation on 222Gbit/s WDM coherent PM-16QAM. We show that the best performance is achieved using full electronic dispersion compensation, with a significant system reach of about 1000km.