Nyquist wavelength-division multiplexing （N-WDM） allows high spectral efficiency （SE） in long-haul transmission systems. Compared to polarization-division multiplexing quadrature phase-shift keying （PDM-QPSK）, m...Nyquist wavelength-division multiplexing （N-WDM） allows high spectral efficiency （SE） in long-haul transmission systems. Compared to polarization-division multiplexing quadrature phase-shift keying （PDM-QPSK）, multilevel modulation, such as PDM 16 quadrature-amplitude modulation （16-QAM）, is much more sensitive to intrachannel noise and interchannel linear crosstalk caused by N-WDM. We experimentally generate and transmit a 6 x 128 Gbit/s N-WDM PDM 16-QAM signal over 1200 km single-mode fiber （SMF）-28 with amplification provided by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier （EDFA） only. The net SE is 7.47 bit/s/Hz, which to the best of our knowledge is the highest SE for a signal with a bit rate beyond 100 Gbit/s using the PDM 16-QAM. Such SE was achieved by DSP pre-equalization of transmitter-side impairments and DSP post-equalization of channel and receiver-side impairments. Nyquist-band can be used in pre-equalization to enhance the tolerance of PDM 16-QAM to aggressive spectral shaping. The bit-error ratio （BER） for each of the 6 channels is smaller than the forward error correction （FEC） limit of 3.8 × 10-3 after 1200 km SMF-28 transmission.展开更多
文摘Nyquist wavelength-division multiplexing （N-WDM） allows high spectral efficiency （SE） in long-haul transmission systems. Compared to polarization-division multiplexing quadrature phase-shift keying （PDM-QPSK）, multilevel modulation, such as PDM 16 quadrature-amplitude modulation （16-QAM）, is much more sensitive to intrachannel noise and interchannel linear crosstalk caused by N-WDM. We experimentally generate and transmit a 6 x 128 Gbit/s N-WDM PDM 16-QAM signal over 1200 km single-mode fiber （SMF）-28 with amplification provided by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier （EDFA） only. The net SE is 7.47 bit/s/Hz, which to the best of our knowledge is the highest SE for a signal with a bit rate beyond 100 Gbit/s using the PDM 16-QAM. Such SE was achieved by DSP pre-equalization of transmitter-side impairments and DSP post-equalization of channel and receiver-side impairments. Nyquist-band can be used in pre-equalization to enhance the tolerance of PDM 16-QAM to aggressive spectral shaping. The bit-error ratio （BER） for each of the 6 channels is smaller than the forward error correction （FEC） limit of 3.8 × 10-3 after 1200 km SMF-28 transmission.
