Experimental Demonstration of Modulation-Dependent Nonlinear Interference in Optical Fibre Communication

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:
Galdino, Lidia; Liga, Gabriele; Saavedra, Gabriel; Maher, Robert; Alvarado, Alex; Killey, Robert; Bayvel, Polina (Optical Network Group, UCL (University College London), Torrington Place London WC1E 7JE, UK)
Ives, David; Savory, Seb (Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FA, UK)

Abstract:
For the first time the modulation format dependence of nonlinear interference in long-haul optical fibre transmission is experimentally demonstrated for polarisation-division multiplexed 4, 16, 64 and 256-QAM.