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Fibers for Next Generation High Spectral Efficiency Undersea Cable Systems Undersea Cable Systems
Neal S. Bergano and Alexei Pilipetskii
Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications
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conference & convention enabling the next generation of networks & services Fibers for Next Generation High Spectral Efficiency Undersea Cable Systems Undersea Cable Systems Neal S. Bergano and Alexei Pilipetskii Tyco Electronics
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Neal S. Bergano and Alexei Pilipetskii
Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications
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Presenter Profile
Alexei Pilipetskii received his M.S degree in physics from Moscow State University in 1985. From 1985 to 1994 he worked at the General Physics Institute in Russia. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 for research in nonlinear fiber optics. From 1994 to 1997 he was with the University
Alexei Pilipetskii Director - System Modeling & Signal Processing Research email: apilipetskii@subcom.com Tel: 732-578-7533
interest shifted to fiber optic data
with SubCom, where he works on a number of research and development
research group focusing on next generation technologies for undersea transmission systems.
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Fibers for Next Generation High Spectral Efficiency Undersea Cable Systems
cable systems
– 10G DPSK transmission – 10G DPSK transmission
– Will require polarization multiplexed formats – The DP-PSK format with coherent receivers
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Advances in Technology – New Fiber Types are Important!
100 320 640 1,800 2,560 3,730 6,000 1000 10000 100000
Experimental Transmission Capacity (Gb/s)
155x100G in 60nm
Year
2.5 5 10 40 100 160 640 1 10 100 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
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Why Fibers are So Important: Linear and Nonlinear Transmission
Q (dB)
15 16 17 18
OSNR limited Nonlinearity limited
Ref: Golovchenko, E.A., et. al. , OFC 1999, paper ThQ3
Q Relative pre-emphasis (dB)
3 12 13 14 15 experiment simulation
spectral efficiency
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Fibers and Dispersion Management
– Transmission at or close to zero dispersion
– NZDSF with SMF Suppressed nonlinear effects between WDM channels – Further improvement: large effective area NZDSF (~ 70 µm2) – Further improvement: large effective area NZDSF (~ 70 µm2) – 10 Gb/s bit rates, OOK signals, true WDM transmission
– Increased transmission bandwidth – Large effective area SMF (~105 µm2)
Ref: A. Gnauck, et al; IEEE JLT, vol. 26, 2009, p1032 N.S. Bergano, IEEE JLT,” Vol. 23, 2005, p 4125
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NZDSF Dispersion Map
Large Area NZDSF NZDSF SMF
~ 500 km
~ 500 km
Large Area NZDSF 70µm2 0.1ps/km -nm 2 NZDSF 55µm2 0.07ps/km -nm 2
SMF Large Area NZDSF NZDSF Wavelength Dispersion SMF NZDSF Large Area NZDSF Total
– Performance may vary with dispersion within the transmission band
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Dispersion Flattened Map
D+ D- D+ D- D+
~ 500 km
~ 500 km
D+ 75/110 µm2 D- 25-35 µm2
Wavelength Dispersion
D+ D-
Total
– Performance equalized across transmission bandwidth
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10G DPSK Transmission in NZDSF Dispersion Map
Transmission simulation: 9000 km Ref: W. Anderson, et. al., OFC 2005, OthC1 Experiments: 13000 km,
12 13 14 15 16 factor (dB) Large dispersion RZ-DPSK Low dispersion Large dispersion
Experiments: 13000 km, Ref: J.-X. Cai., et. al., OFC 2004, PDP34
9 10 11 12 1535 1540 1545 1550 1555 1560 1565 Wavelength (nm) Q fac RZ-OOK
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Modulation format RZ-OOK (10 Gb/s) RZ-DPSK (10 Gb/s) Channel spacing 33 GHz 33 GHz
10G DPSK in Undersea Transmission – Success of Dispersion Management
Fiber plant Dispersion Flattened Fibers (DFF) DFF Amplifier spacing 45 км 75 км System length 9000 км 12700 км
tolerance in pulse overlapped regimes, and better FEC
Very difficult to beat this performance at SE up to 0.4 bit/s/Hz
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The Need for High Spectral Efficiency Will Require Polarization Multiplexed Formats
Ref: J.-X. Cai et. al OFC’08, PDP4 50x42.8 Gb/s, 5200 km, 66.7GHz channel spacing 11 13 15 ctor [dB] Pol.Mux.- RZ-DBPSK
42.8 Gb/s
– Higher nonlinear tolerance & higher spectral efficiency – Favors coherent polarization multiplexed transponders
150 km repeater spacing 7 9 11
3 6 Pre-Emphasis [dB] Q-Facto CSRZ-DBPSK RZ-DQPSK
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Coherent Detection with DSP
PBS 90° Optical Hybrid LO A/D DSP A/D Transmission PBS 90° Optical Hybrid LO DSP A/D A/D Path
– Polarization de-multiplexing of PDM signals – High spectral efficiency in excess of 1 bit/s/Hz – Digital signal processing at the receiver
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Dispersion Management with Coherent Technology
can be dropped with coherent Rx
compensation reduces nonlinear penalties and
1 2 3 (dB)
Optimized for coherent
1 2 3 (dB) 1 2 3 (dB)
Optimized for coherent
nonlinear penalties and improves OSNR
design Difficulty: >105 ps/nm need to be compensated in DSP for the long undersea cases
2 4 6 Relative Launch Power (dB) Delta Q (
Legacy
2 4 6 Relative Launch Power (dB) Delta Q (
2 4 6 Relative Launch Power (dB) Delta Q (
Legacy
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“Linear” Fibers are Important for Coherent Detection Systems
better FEC resulted in reduction of required power per channel
result in higher required OSNR and power per channel
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Advanced Fiber Types
nce Q(dB)
Better nonlinear tolerance
ance Q(dB)
Better span losses
Performance target Difference in span Smaller loss Higher loss Performance target Aeff1 Aeff2
) )( ( ) / log( 10 ) (
2 1 2 1
dB SpanLoss SpanLoss A A dB in FOM
eff eff
− + ≈
Performanc Channel power (dB)
Performan
Channel power (dB) Difference in span loss (dB)
eff2
(Aeff1/A
eff2)[dB]
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Improved Fibers
180 170 160 150 140 130 180 170 160 150 140 130
0.17dB/km, 150µm2 ∆FOM ≈ 3.5dB 0.17dB/km, 150µm2 ∆FOM ≈ 2.5dB
50 km Spans 100 km Spans
) )( ( ) / log( 10 ) (
2 1 2 1
dB SpanLoss SpanLoss A A dB in FOM
eff eff
− + ≈
130 120 110 100 90 80 130 120 110 100 90 80
0.19dB/km, 105µm2 ∆FOM ≈ 3.5dB 0.19dB/km, 105µm2 ∆FOM ≈ 2.5dB
0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.20 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.20
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The Push to Higher Spectral Efficiency: New Experimental Results
efficiency over 4400 km
12 Transmission distance at optimal power
fiber (0.183 dB/km, 150 µm2 area)
– OFC 2010 PDPB10
8 9 10 11 12 5000 10000 15000 Transmission Distance [km] Q-factor [dB] 400% SE 300% SE Transmission distance at optimal power
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Conclusions
the past 20 years of long-haul transmission progress
management have allowed systems with TB/s capacity per fiber pair
efficiency:
– Higher level modulation formats & higher bit rates – Requiring high OSNR/channel – Resulting in very high launch powers
systems!
enabling the next generation of networks & services
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