Comparison of the nonlinear transmission performance of quasi-Nyquist WDM and reduced guard interval OFDM

doi:10.1364/OE.20.004198

Comparison of the nonlinear transmission performance of quasi-Nyquist WDM and reduced guard interval OFDM

Sean Kilmurray, Tobias Fehenberger, Polina Bayvel, and Robert I. Killey »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 4198-4205 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.004198

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The nonlinear transmission performance of quasi-Nyquist wavelength-division multiplexing (qN-WDM) and reduced guard interval orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (RGI-OFDM) using polarization-division multiplexing quadrature phase-shift-keying (PDM-QPSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (PDM-QAM-8 and PDM-QAM-16) with high information spectral densities have been compared for the first time, both by simulations and analytically. The results show that both systems are able to reach similar maximum transmission distances of approximately 6700km, 2600km and 1100km over standard single-mode fibre for the spectral efficiencies of 3.43 bits/s/Hz, 5.25 bits/s/Hz and 7 bits/s/Hz respectively.

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(060.4080) Fiber optics and optical communications : Modulation
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications

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Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 28, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 12, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 30, 2012
Published: February 6, 2012

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Sean Kilmurray, Tobias Fehenberger, Polina Bayvel, and Robert I. Killey, "Comparison of the nonlinear transmission performance of quasi-Nyquist WDM and reduced guard interval OFDM," Opt. Express 20, 4198-4205 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-4-4198

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[1] E. Desurvire, “Capacity Demand and Technology Challenges for Lightwave Systems in the Next Two Decades,” J. Lightwave Technol.24, 4697–4710 (2006). [CrossRef]

[2] R. Freund, M. Nölle, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, C. Schubert, G. Bosco, A. Carena, P. Poggiolini, L. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, H. C. H. Mulvad, M. Winter, D. Hillerkuss, R. Schmogrow, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, A. D. Ellis, F. C. G. Gunning, J. Zhao, P. Frascella, S. K. Ibrahim, and N. M. Suibhne, “Single-and multi-carrier techniques to build up Tb/s per channel transmission systems,” in Proc. ICTON, 2010, Paper Tu.D1.4.

[3] G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, P. Poggiolini, and F. Forghieri, “Performance Limits of Nyquist-WDM and CO-OFDM in High-Speed PM-QPSK Systems,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.22, 1129–1131 (2010). [CrossRef]

[4] E. Torrengo, R. Cigliutti, G. Bosco, G. Gavioli, A. Alaimo, A. Carena, V. Curri, F. Forghieri, S. Piciaccia, M. Belmonte, A. Brinciotti, A. L. Porta, S. Abrate, and P. Poggiolini, “Transoceanic PM-QPSK Terabit superchannel transmission experiments at Baud-rate subcarrier spacing,” in Proc. ECOC, 2010, Paper We.7.C.2.

[5] R. Cigliutti, E. Torrengo, G. Bosco, N. P. Caponio, A. Carena, V. Curri, P. Poggiolini, Y. Yamamoto, T. Sasaki, and F. Forghieri, “Transmission of 9x138 Gb/s Prefiltered PM-8QAM Signals Over 4000 km of Pure Silica-Core Fiber,” J. Lightwave Technol.29, 2310–2318 (2011). [CrossRef]

[6] X. Liu, S. Chandrasekhar, B. Zhu, P. J. Winzer, A. H. Gnauck, and D. W. Peckham, “448-Gb/s Reduced-Guard-Interval CO-OFDM Transmission Over 2000 km of Ultra-Large-Area Fiber and Five 80-GHz-Grid ROADMs,” J. Lightwave Technol.29, 483–490 (2011). [CrossRef]

[7] S. Chandrasekhar, X. Liu, B. Zhu, and D. W. Peckham, “Transmission of a 1.2-Tb/s 24-carrier no-guard-interval coherent OFDM superchannel over 7200-km of ultra-large-area fiber,” in Proc. ECOC, 2009, Supplement.

[8] P. P. Mitra and J. B. Stark, “Nonlinear limits to the information capacity of optical fibre communications,” Nature411, 1027–1030 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] R.-J. Essiambre, G. Kramer, P. J. Winzer, G. J. Foschini, and B. Goebel, “Capacity Limits of Optical Fiber Networks,” J. Lightwave Technol.28, 662–701 (2010). [CrossRef]

[10] A. D. Ellis, J. Zhao, and D. Cotter, “Approaching the Non-Linear Shannon Limit,” J. Lightwave Technol.28, 423–433 (2010). [CrossRef]

[11] P. Poggiolini, A. Carena, V. Curri, G. Bosco, and F. Forghieri, “Analytical Modeling of Nonlinear Propagation in Uncompensated Optical Transmission Links,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23, 742–744 (2011). [CrossRef]

[12] W. Shieh and X. Chen, “Information Spectral Efficiency and Launch Power Density Limits Due to Fiber Nonlinearity for Coherent Optical OFDM Systems,” IEEE Photon. J.3, 158–173 (2011). [CrossRef]

[13] E. Torrengo, R. Cigliutti, G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, P. Poggiolini, A. Nespola, D. Zeolla, and F. Forghieri, “Experimental validation of an analytical model for nonlinear propagation in uncompensated optical links,” in Proc. ECOC, 2011, Paper We.7.B.2.

[14] S. J. Savory, “Digital Coherent Optical Receivers: Algorithms and Subsystems,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant.16, 1164–1179 (2010). [CrossRef]

[15] I. Fatadin, D. Ives, and S. J. Savory, “Laser Linewidth Tolerance for 16-QAM Coherent Optical Systems Using QPSK Partitioning,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.22, 631–633 (2010). [CrossRef]

[16] S. L. Jansen, B. Spinnler, I. Morita, S. Randel, and H. Tanaka, “100GbE: QPSK versus OFDM,” Opt. Fiber Technol.15, 407–413 (2009). [CrossRef]

[17] A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and G. Prati, “OFDM versus Single-Carrier Transmission for 100 Gbps Optical Communication,” J. Lightwave Technol.28, 2537–2551 (2010). [CrossRef]

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