10-Gb/s SCM fiber system using optical SSB modulation

©2001 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.A 10-Gb/s subcarrier multiplexing long-haul optical system is reported. 4 x 2.5 Gb/s data streams are combined into one wavelength, which occupies a 20-GHz optical bandwidth, Optical single sideband is used to increase bandwidth efficiency and reduce dispersion penalty. The receiver sensitivity is calculated using a simplified receiver model with an optical preamplifier, The measured results agree well with the analytical prediction