• DocumentCode
    1596044
  • Title

    Demonstration of record sensitivity in an optically pre-amplified receiver by combining PDM-QPSK and 16-PPM with pilot-assisted digital coherent detection

  • Author

    Liu, Xiang ; Wood, T.H. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Chandrasekhar, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose a power-efficient modulation/detection scheme that combines PDM-QPSK and 16-ary-pulse-position-modulation. A record sensitivity of 3.5 photons per bit at BER=10-3 is experimentally demonstrated at 2.5 Gb/s with digital coherent-detection, outperforming PDM-QPSK by >;3 dB.
  • Keywords
    optical receivers; pulse position modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; 16-pulse position modulation; PDM-QPSK; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; optically pre-amplified receiver; pilot assisted digital coherent detection; polarization division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying; power efficient modulation detection; record sensitivity; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875793