Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) Performance of a Coherent 40Gbit/s Dual-Polarization Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DP-QPSK) Transceiver

We report the measured WDM performance and PMD tolerance of a coherent 40Gbit/s DP-QPSK transceiver at 50-GHz minimum channel spacing in a 40-channel, 40-span test bed comprised of 3200 km of uncompensated G.652 fiber.