Analytical modelling for performance evaluation of distortion-impaired direct-detection single-sideband optical OFDM systems employing virtual-carriers

Author

Cruz, Pedro E. D. ; Alves, Tiago M. F. ; Cartaxo, Adolfo V. T.

Author_Institution

Opt. Commun. & Photonics Group, Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An analytical model (AM) for performance evaluation of distortion-impaired direct-detection single-sideband optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing systems employing virtual-carriers (VCs) is presented. The error vector magnitude (EVM) is used as figure of merit for performance evaluation, and the effectiveness of the AM is verified through comparison of its EVM estimates with the ones obtained using numerical simulation (NS). Discrepancies between the EVM estimates of the AM and NS not exceeding 1 dB are verified for a VC to band power ratio of 12 dB and for VC to band gaps exceeding half of the signal bandwidth.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; energy gap; numerical analysis; optical communication; AM; EVM; NS; VC; analytical model; band gaps; distortion-impaired direct-detection single-sideband optical OFDM systems; error vector magnitude; numerical simulation; optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing systems; performance evaluation; virtual-carriers; Amplitude modulation; Distortion; OFDM; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; direct-detection; distortion; error vector magnitude; multiband; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing; single-sideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876501

Filename

6876501