Abstract

We have generated a single-wavelength data signal with a data capacity of 5.1 Tbit/s. The enabling techniques to generate the data signal are optical time-division multiplexing up to a symbol rate of 1.28 Tbaud, differential quadrature phase shift keying as data format, and polarisation-multiplexing. For the first time, error-free performance with a bit error rate less than 10−9 is demonstrated for the 5.1 Tbit/s data signal. This is achieved in a back-to-back configuration using a direct detection receiver based on polarisation- and time-demultiplexing, delay-demodulation and balanced photo-detection.

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  1. H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
    [Crossref]
  2. M. Nakazawa, T. Yamamoto, and K. R. Tamura, “1.28Tb/s-70 km OTDM transmission using third- and fourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensation with a phase modulator,” Electron. Lett. 36(24), 2027–2029 (2000).
    [Crossref]
  3. H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
    [Crossref]
  4. C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, D. Groß, L. Molle, M. Seimetz, R. Freund, and C. Schubert, “Generation and coherent time-division demultiplexing of up to 5.1 Tb/s single-channel 8-PSK and 16-QAM signals,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2009), paper PDPC6.
  5. E. Tangdiongga, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, H. de Waardt, G. D. Khoe, A. M. J. Koonen, and H. J. S. Dorren, “SOA-based clock recovery and demultiplexing in a lab trial of 640-Gb/s OTDM transmission over 50-km fibre link”, European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC' 07, Paper PD 1.2 (2007).
  6. L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez-Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A. T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, “640-Gbit/s data transmission and clock recovery using an ultrafast periodically poled lithium niobate device,” J. Lightwave Technol. 27(3), 205–213 (2009).
    [Crossref]
  7. P. Mamyshev, “All-optical data regeneration based on self-phase modulation effect”, in Proceedings of 24th European Conference on Optical Communication, 1998, vol. 1, pp. 475–476 (1998).
  8. A. T. Clausen, H. N. Poulsen, L. K. Oxenløwe, A. I. Siahlo, J. Seoane, and P. Jeppesen, “Pulse source requirements for OTDM systems”, in Proceedings of The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003, vol. 1, pp. 382–383, paper TuY2 (2003).

2009 (2)

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez-Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A. T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, “640-Gbit/s data transmission and clock recovery using an ultrafast periodically poled lithium niobate device,” J. Lightwave Technol. 27(3), 205–213 (2009).
[Crossref]

2006 (1)

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

2000 (1)

M. Nakazawa, T. Yamamoto, and K. R. Tamura, “1.28Tb/s-70 km OTDM transmission using third- and fourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensation with a phase modulator,” Electron. Lett. 36(24), 2027–2029 (2000).
[Crossref]

Boerner, C.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Clausen, A. T.

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez-Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A. T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, “640-Gbit/s data transmission and clock recovery using an ultrafast periodically poled lithium niobate device,” J. Lightwave Technol. 27(3), 205–213 (2009).
[Crossref]

Erasme, D.

Ferber, S.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Futami, F.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Galili, M.

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez-Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A. T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, “640-Gbit/s data transmission and clock recovery using an ultrafast periodically poled lithium niobate device,” J. Lightwave Technol. 27(3), 205–213 (2009).
[Crossref]

Gomez-Agis, F.

Grüner-Nielsen, L.

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

Hansen Mulvad, H. C.

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez-Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A. T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, “640-Gbit/s data transmission and clock recovery using an ultrafast periodically poled lithium niobate device,” J. Lightwave Technol. 27(3), 205–213 (2009).
[Crossref]

Ichikawa, J.

Jeppesen, P.

L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez-Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A. T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, “640-Gbit/s data transmission and clock recovery using an ultrafast periodically poled lithium niobate device,” J. Lightwave Technol. 27(3), 205–213 (2009).
[Crossref]

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

Kroh, M.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Kurimura, S.

Ludwig, R.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Marembert, V.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Nakajima, H.

Nakazawa, M.

M. Nakazawa, T. Yamamoto, and K. R. Tamura, “1.28Tb/s-70 km OTDM transmission using third- and fourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensation with a phase modulator,” Electron. Lett. 36(24), 2027–2029 (2000).
[Crossref]

Oxenløwe, L. K.

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez-Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A. T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, “640-Gbit/s data transmission and clock recovery using an ultrafast periodically poled lithium niobate device,” J. Lightwave Technol. 27(3), 205–213 (2009).
[Crossref]

Schmidt-Langhorst, C.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Schubert, C.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Tamura, K. R.

M. Nakazawa, T. Yamamoto, and K. R. Tamura, “1.28Tb/s-70 km OTDM transmission using third- and fourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensation with a phase modulator,” Electron. Lett. 36(24), 2027–2029 (2000).
[Crossref]

Ware, C.

Watanabe, S.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Weber, H. G.

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

Yamamoto, T.

M. Nakazawa, T. Yamamoto, and K. R. Tamura, “1.28Tb/s-70 km OTDM transmission using third- and fourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensation with a phase modulator,” Electron. Lett. 36(24), 2027–2029 (2000).
[Crossref]

Electron. Lett. (3)

H. C. Hansen Mulvad, L. K. Oxenløwe, M. Galili, A. T. Clausen, L. Grüner-Nielsen, and P. Jeppesen, “1.28 Tbit/s single-polarisation serial OOK optical data generation and demultiplexing,” Electron. Lett. 45(5), 280–281 (2009).
[Crossref]

M. Nakazawa, T. Yamamoto, and K. R. Tamura, “1.28Tb/s-70 km OTDM transmission using third- and fourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensation with a phase modulator,” Electron. Lett. 36(24), 2027–2029 (2000).
[Crossref]

H. G. Weber, S. Ferber, M. Kroh, C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, V. Marembert, C. Boerner, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “Single channel 1.28 Tbit/s and 2.56 Tbit/s DQPSK transmission,” Electron. Lett. 42(3), 178–179 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Lightwave Technol. (1)

Other (4)

P. Mamyshev, “All-optical data regeneration based on self-phase modulation effect”, in Proceedings of 24th European Conference on Optical Communication, 1998, vol. 1, pp. 475–476 (1998).

A. T. Clausen, H. N. Poulsen, L. K. Oxenløwe, A. I. Siahlo, J. Seoane, and P. Jeppesen, “Pulse source requirements for OTDM systems”, in Proceedings of The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003, vol. 1, pp. 382–383, paper TuY2 (2003).

C. Schmidt-Langhorst, R. Ludwig, D. Groß, L. Molle, M. Seimetz, R. Freund, and C. Schubert, “Generation and coherent time-division demultiplexing of up to 5.1 Tb/s single-channel 8-PSK and 16-QAM signals,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2009), paper PDPC6.

E. Tangdiongga, H. C. Hansen Mulvad, H. de Waardt, G. D. Khoe, A. M. J. Koonen, and H. J. S. Dorren, “SOA-based clock recovery and demultiplexing in a lab trial of 640-Gb/s OTDM transmission over 50-km fibre link”, European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC' 07, Paper PD 1.2 (2007).

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Figures (6)

Fig. 1
Fig. 1

Experimental set-up. (a), (b) 5.1 Tbit/s transmitter, (c) 5.1 Tbit/s receiver.

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Fig. 2

Optical spectra, measured in the NOLM demultiplexer.

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Fig. 3

Autocorrelations of the 1.28 Tbaud DPSK signal and 10 GHz control pulse (the specified FWHMs are for a corresponding Gaussian pulse profile).

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Fig. 4

BER curves for 8 consecutive 10 Gbaud DPSK channels demultiplexed from 1.28 Tbaud.

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Fig. 5

BER curves for 10 Gbaud DQPSK channels demultiplexed from 640 Gbaud (a) and 1.28 Tbaud (b). I/Q components are plotted with filled/empty symbols.

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Fig. 6

5.1 Tbit/s DQPSK eye after demultiplexing, demodulation, and balanced photo-detection.

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