Open Access960-km SSMF transmission of 1057-Gb/s PDM 3-PAM using directly modulated VCSELs and coherent detection
Author(s) -
Chongjin Xie,
Po Dong,
Peter J. Winzer,
Christoph Gréus,
M. Ortsiefer,
Christian Neumeyr,
Silvia Spiga,
Michael Müller,
M.-C. Amann
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.21.011585
Subject(s) - bit error rate , optics , multiplexing , physics , wavelength division multiplexing , transmission (telecommunications) , polarization mode dispersion , forward error correction , single mode optical fiber , optical fiber , telecommunications , computer science , wavelength , channel (broadcasting) , decoding methods
We generate a 105.7-Gb/s signal by directly modulating a 1.5-µm VCSEL with a 33.35-Gbaud 3-level signal and polarization multiplexing. By using digital coherent detection, we successfully transmit the 105.7-Gb/s line rate (88.10 Gb/s net bit rate) signal over 960-km standard single-mode-fiber (SSMF) at a 20% hard-decision forward-error correction (FEC) threshold, which is at bit-error ratio (BER) of 1.5 x 10(-2)