• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 3, 030604 (2017)
Huaqiang Qin and Xiaosheng Xiao*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.030604 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Huaqiang Qin, Xiaosheng Xiao. Influence of the nonlinear propagation effect on the optical signal-to-noise ratio of 400G optical fiber communication systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 030604 Copy Citation Text show less
    Spectrum and constellation diagram of 400G with 25 Gsymbol/s. (a) dual-16QAM and (b) four-QPSK.
    Fig. 1. Spectrum and constellation diagram of 400G with 25 Gsymbol/s. (a) dual-16QAM and (b) four-QPSK.
    Setup of simulation. SSMF: standard single-mode fiber, OSA: optical spectrum analyzer.
    Fig. 2. Setup of simulation. SSMF: standard single-mode fiber, OSA: optical spectrum analyzer.
    Signal OSNR versus input power of the 100G single channel system and the three 400G single-channel systems, considering both ASE and NLI noises in uncompensated links with 5 fiber spans.
    Fig. 3. Signal OSNR versus input power of the 100G single channel system and the three 400G single-channel systems, considering both ASE and NLI noises in uncompensated links with 5 fiber spans.
    Signal OSNRs of the 100G system and the three 400G systems with different noises considered. (a) ASE noise only, (b) NLI noise only, and (c) both ASE and NLI noises. The total bit rates are 1.2 Tb/s for all four systems.
    Fig. 4. Signal OSNRs of the 100G system and the three 400G systems with different noises considered. (a) ASE noise only, (b) NLI noise only, and (c) both ASE and NLI noises. The total bit rates are 1.2 Tb/s for all four systems.
    Signal OSNR of 400G systems with the ASE and NLI noises versus (a) the input channel power and (b) the average signal power in the fiber. The total bit rates are 2.4 Tb/s for all three systems.
    Fig. 5. Signal OSNR of 400G systems with the ASE and NLI noises versus (a) the input channel power and (b) the average signal power in the fiber. The total bit rates are 2.4 Tb/s for all three systems.
    Signal OSNRs versus the fiber span number of the 100G system and the three 400G systems with both ASE and NLI noises in uncompensated links. The input power of each system is optimized to get the maximum OSNR [as shown in Fig. 4(c)]. The total bit rates are 1.2 Tb/s for all four systems.
    Fig. 6. Signal OSNRs versus the fiber span number of the 100G system and the three 400G systems with both ASE and NLI noises in uncompensated links. The input power of each system is optimized to get the maximum OSNR [as shown in Fig. 4(c)]. The total bit rates are 1.2 Tb/s for all four systems.
    Signal OSNRs of the 100G system and the three 400G systems versus the subcarrier power. The total bit rates are 1.2 Tb/s for all four systems.
    Fig. 7. Signal OSNRs of the 100G system and the three 400G systems versus the subcarrier power. The total bit rates are 1.2 Tb/s for all four systems.
    Bit Rate (Gb/s/ch)100G400G400G400G
    Modulation formatQPSKDual-16QAMFour-QPSKSingle-16QAM
    Subcarrier number1241
    Channel span (GHz)507515075
    Symbol rate (Gbaud)25252550
    Polarization number2222
    Table 1. Parameters of Modulation Formats
    Span length (km)100
    Nonlinear index coefficient2.6×1020
    Core area (m2)80×1010
    Loss (dB/km)0.2
    D (ps/(nm·km))17
    Table 2. Fiber Parameters
    Huaqiang Qin, Xiaosheng Xiao. Influence of the nonlinear propagation effect on the optical signal-to-noise ratio of 400G optical fiber communication systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 030604
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