111-Gb/s POLMUX-RZ-DQPSK Transmission over LEAF: Optical versus Electrical Dispersion Compensation

M. S. Alfiad, D. van den Borne, Sander Jansen, T. Wuth, M. Kuschnerov, G. Grosso, Antonio Napoli, H. de Waardt

2009 · 11 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

We investigate the transmission performance of 111-Gb/s POLMUX-RZ-DQPSK modulation using either optical or electrical dispersion compensation. We show that after 2000-km LEAF transmission both link configurations have a comparable nonlinear tolerance.

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