Quaternary modulation formats for 100-Gbps optical links

Thomas F. Detwiler; Steven M. Searcy; Robert Lingle Jr.; E. Bert Basch; Stephen E. Ralph

doi:10.1117/12.842454

22 January 2010 Quaternary modulation formats for 100-Gbps optical links

Thomas F. Detwiler, Steven M. Searcy, Robert Lingle Jr., E. Bert Basch, Stephen E. Ralph

Proceedings Volume 7621, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems II; 76210J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842454
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The demand for 100 Gb/s optical links is rapidly spreading across all levels of the optical networking infrastructure. Many of the first deployments will be in the local area network (LAN) and metro-core and regional network environments. To address needs in LAN, the upcoming IEEE standard (IEEE P802.3ba) seeks 100 Gb/s over distances up to 40km. Furthermore metro-core/regional dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) architectures require reach of several hundred km and the ability to pass through ten or more ROADMs. However, a number of fundamental challenges remain including the selection of appropriate modulation formats that are robust to a variety of nonlinearities, are sufficiently spectrally efficient, and able to withstand the strong optical filtering of cascaded ROADMs. Here we compare a variety of single-carrier quaternary modulation formats, each providing 2 bits/symbol/polarization and each likely to provide some advantages at 100Gb/s. Each format is presented with an appropriate MZM-based transmitter, and constrained by practical signal fidelity limitations that also enable comparison to experimental results from our 100G testbed. We primarily examine direct detection for cost-sensitive metro networks; however we also quantify the performance of coherent receivers, where applicable. Simulation results demonstrate the relative OSNR penalty (at a pre-FEC BER of 10^-3) for a range of launch powers and adjacent channel formats.

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Thomas F. Detwiler, Steven M. Searcy, Robert Lingle Jr., E. Bert Basch, and Stephen E. Ralph "Quaternary modulation formats for 100-Gbps optical links", Proc. SPIE 7621, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems II, 76210J (22 January 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842454

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