Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8 (9): 823, Published Online: Oct. 18, 2010
Novel schemes to generate multi-level modulation formats for ultra-capacity coherent detection transmission systems (Invited Paper)
调制格式 相干探测 超大容量 光通信 8QAM 32QAM 64QAM 250.0040 Detectors 250.4110 Modulators 250.4480 Optical amplifiers 250.5530 Pulse propagation and temporal solitons 190.4370 Nonlinear optics, fibers
Abstract
We summarize several novel schemes to generate multi-level modulation formats for high capacity transmission system with high spectral efficiency. We show that multi-level 8QAM, 16QAM, 32QAM, and 64QAM (QAM: quatlrature amplitude modulation) optical signals can be generated by commercial optical and electrical devices. Employing these multilevel modulation formats, we have realized PDM-8QAM (PDM: polarization division multiplexing) 32 Tb/s and PDM-36QAM 64-Tb/s signals transmission over 580- and 320-km fibers, respectively.
Jianjun Yu, Xiang Zhou. Novel schemes to generate multi-level modulation formats for ultra-capacity coherent detection transmission systems (Invited Paper)[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8(9): 823.