2014/06/05 by A. D. Shiner, M. Reimer, A. Borowiec +7 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Optical Network Technologies #Advanced Photonic Communication Systems #Modulation (music) #Multiplexing #Optical Network Technologies #Optical communication #Phase modulation #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Polarization mode dispersion #Polarization-division multiplexing #Wavelength-division multiplexing #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/oe.22.020366
arxiv created 2014/06/05 · openalex publication_date 2014/08/15 · arxiv updated 2015/06/19 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We demonstrate a polarization-managed 8-dimensional modulation format that is time domain coded to reduce inter-channel nonlinearity. Simulation results show a 2.3 dB improvement in maximum net system margin (NSM) relative to polarization multiplexed (PM)-BPSK, and a 1.0 dB improvement relative to time interleaved return-to-zero (RZ)-PM-BPSK, for five WDM channels propagating over 1600 km ELEAF with 90% inline optical dispersion compensation. In contrast to the other modulations considered, the new 8-dimensional format has negligible sensitivity to the polarization states of the neighboring WDM channels. High-density WDM (HD-WDM) measurements on a 5000 km dispersion-managed link show a 1.0 dB improvement in net system margin relative to PM-BPSK.