2011 · 26 citations · 6 references
EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationInformation TheoryPhotonicsError-correcting CodesFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersOptical ModulationCoding SchemesCoherent Optical CommunicationLdpc CodesOptical Code Division Multiple AccessOptical Transmission SystemsSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode Optical FibersSpectral Efficiency
We experimentally demonstrate 1-Tb/s CO-OFDM transmission over 1040-km standard single-mode fiber using 50% overhead girth-12 LDPC-coded 16-QAM. More than 4-dB improvement in OSNR sensitivity is achieved over conventional 4-QAM while maintaining the same spectral efficiency.
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