Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2010 · 30 citations · 9 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical Fiber PropagationOptical ModulationOptical SourcesPolarization OpticsBandwidthCoherent Optical CommunicationHigh-speed TransmissionModulation FormatsOptical Communication LinksOptical TransmissionOptical Transmission SystemsPolarization-division Multiplexing
We present the first demonstration of 256 QAM coherent optical transmission, where 64 Gbit/s polarization-multiplexed data at 4 Gsymbol/s were successfully transmitted over 160 km with an optical bandwidth of only 5.4 GHz.
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