Design and evaluation of 2.3 Tb/s (23 ch. x 100 Gb/s) multi-carrier WDM optical transmission systems

Multilevel phase modulation formats with coherent detection enable a new generation of high speed optical transport platform. We demonstrate 23 x 100 Gbps (2.3 Tb/s) WDM Optical systems employing multicarrier generation concept. Three lasers are used to generate 23 sub-carriers using multicarrier generator at transmitter section. Each sub-carrier transmits at a transmission rate of 100 Gbps using polarization division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying (PDM-QPSK) modulation format with spacing of 25 GHz between sub carriers. The analysis is carried out for 23 x 100 Gb/s (2.3 Tb/s) PDM-QPSK WDM optical systems with ultra large area fiber (ULAF), standard single mode fiber (SSMF) and large effective area fiber (LEAF) at transmission reach from 600 to 5000 km. Coherent detection with DSP is used for all the systems at receiving end. Systems are verified with parameters like symbol error rate, error vector magnitude (EVM) and Q-factor using analytical and simulation results. Improvement of 1.66 dB to 3.21 dB and 2.08 dB to 4.63 dB is noted in Q-factor for system with ULAF in comparison with system using SSMF and LEAF respectively over 600 km to 5000 km transmission reach. EVM values are found 2.24% to 2.68% and 2.68% to 12.43% lower in system with ULAF than system with SSMF and LEAF respectively. Log of estimated symbol error is observed less for system with ULAF than systems with SSMF and LEAF fibers, respectively, at transmission distance of 5000 km. The results clearly show that WDM optical system with ULAF fiber gives better performance.

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The research demonstrates that WDM optical systems with ULAF fiber outperform those with SSMF and LEAF fibers, especially in terms of Q-factor and EVM values. ULAF shows significant advantages in improving transmission distance and reducing error rates.