1-Tb/s single-channel coherent optical OFDM transmission over 600-km SSMF fiber with subwavelength bandwidth access

Yiran Ma; Qi Yang; Yan Tang; Simin Chen; William Shieh

doi:10.1364/oe.17.009421

1-Tb/s single-channel coherent optical OFDM transmission over 600-km SSMF fiber with subwavelength bandwidth access

Opt Express. 2009 May 25;17(11):9421-7. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.009421.

Authors

Yiran Ma¹, Qi Yang, Yan Tang, Simin Chen, William Shieh

Affiliation

¹ National ICT Australia, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. yiranm@ee.unimelb.edu.au

PMID: 19466194
DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.009421

Abstract

A 1-Tb/s single-channel coherent optical OFDM (CO-OFDM) signal consisting of continuous 4,104 spectrally-overlapped subcarriers is generated using a novel device of recirculating frequency shifter (RFS). The RFS produces 320.6-GHz wide spectrum using a single laser with superior flatness and tone-to-noise ratio (TNR). The 1-Tb/s CO-OFDM signal is comprised of 36 uncorrelated orthogonal bands achieved by adjusting the delay of the RFS to an integer number of OFDM symbol periods. The 1- Tb/s CO-OFDM signal with a spectral efficiency of 3.3 bit/s/Hz is successfully received after transmission over 600-km SSMF fiber without either Raman amplification or dispersion compensation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computer Communication Networks / instrumentation*
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Lasers*
Microwaves
Optical Fibers*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
Telecommunications / instrumentation*