43 Gb/s DWDM Optical Transmission System Using NRZ Format and Electro-absorption Modulation

Zhang Dechao; Li Xiaolin; Zhang Xiaoru; Wang  Ziyu; Xu  Anshi; Chen  Zhangyuan; Li  Hongbin; Li  Zhengbin

1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

43 Gb/s DWDM Optical Transmission System Using NRZ Format and Electro-absorption Modulation

Cite: BibTeX Plain Text

@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344765,
    author={Zhang Dechao and Li Xiaolin and Zhang Xiaoru and Wang  Ziyu and Xu  Anshi and Chen  Zhangyuan and Li  Hongbin and Li  Zhengbin},
    title={43 Gb/s DWDM Optical Transmission System Using NRZ Format and Electro-absorption Modulation},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
    year={2007},
    month={4},
    keywords={NRZ (nonreturn-to-zero) electro-absorption modulator (EAM) optical communications wavelength-dividing multiplexing (WDM).},
    doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344765}
}

Zhang Dechao
Li Xiaolin
Zhang Xiaoru
Wang Ziyu
Xu Anshi
Chen Zhangyuan
Li Hongbin
Li Zhengbin
Year: 2007
43 Gb/s DWDM Optical Transmission System Using NRZ Format and Electro-absorption Modulation
CHINACOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344765

Zhang Dechao^1,2, Li Xiaolin^1,2, Zhang Xiaoru^1,2, Wang Ziyu^1,2, Xu Anshi^1,2, Chen Zhangyuan^1,2, Li Hongbin^1,2, Li Zhengbin^1,2

1: National Laboratory on Local Fiber-Optic Communication Networks &
2: Advanced Optical Communication Systems, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally a 43 Gb/s DWDM optical transmission system over 900 km single mode fiber with 100 km spans using NRZ format and Raman amplification without FEC. A commercial LiNbO3 modulator and a self-designed 43 Gb/s transmitter based on electro-absorption modulator and are compared in the system, and for the first time the electro-absorption modulation is shown to be able to realize up to 1200 km transmission with a power penalty less than 2 dB. This system includes 8 channels of 43 Gb/s DWDM signal and can support 40 channels over C band. Transmission over 1500 km is also presented and the influence of polarization mode dispersion is shown to be a main limitation.

Keywords: NRZ (nonreturn-to-zero) electro-absorption modulator (EAM) optical communications wavelength-dividing multiplexing (WDM).

Published: 2007-04-10
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344765