178 Gb/s Short-Range Optical Transmission Based on OFDM, Electrical Up-Conversion and Signal Combining

Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Proceedings: ECOC 2016

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Kottke, Christoph; Schmidt, Christian (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institut, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin, Germany & Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany)
Habel, Kai; Jungnickel, Volker (Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany)

Abstract:
We demonstrate our improved wideband OFDM transmission system, using electrical up-conversion and signal combining. Transmission rates of 178 Gb/s over 2 km of SSMF were achieved with an IM/DD system on a single wavelength and single polarization.