title: 960-km SSMF transmission of 105.7-Gb/s PDM 3-PAM using directly modulated VCSELs and coherent detection.
abstract: We generate a 105.7-Gb/s signal by directly modulating a 1.5-µm VCSEL with a 33.35-Gbaud 3-level signal and polarization multiplexing. By using digital coherent detection, we successfully transmit the 105.7-Gb/s line rate (88.10 Gb/s net bit rate) signal over 960-km standard single-mode-fiber (SSMF) at a 20% hard-decision forward-error correction (FEC) threshold, which is at bit-error ratio (BER) of 1.5 x 10(-2)
authors.affiliation: Bell Labs, Alcatel Lucent, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733, USA. chongjin.xie@alcatel-lucent.com
authors.forename: Chongjin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Po
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winzer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gréus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortsiefer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neumeyr
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spiga
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Amann
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*