Title :
Impact of transmitter and receiver imperfections on the performance of coherent optical QPSK communication systems
Author :
Petrou, C.S. ; Vgenis, A. ; Kiourti, A. ; Roudas, I. ; Hurley, J. ; Sauer, M. ; Downie, J. ; Mauro, Y. ; Raghavan, S.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Rio
Abstract :
We investigate transmitter and receiver imperfections in coherent QPSK systems, and how their impact can be mitigated using DSP algorithms. Quadrature imbalance was found to be a particularly significant effect that will require compensation.
Keywords :
compensation; digital signal processing chips; light coherence; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; DSP; coherent optical QPSK communication; compensation; quadrature imbalance; receiver; transmitter; Digital signal processing; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Quadrature phase shift keying; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688664
