Title :
Doubling direct-detection data rate by polarization multiplexing of 16-QAM without a polarization controller
Author :
Nazarathy, Moshe ; Agmon, A.
Author_Institution :
EE Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Polarization multiplexing (POL-MUX) is precluded in self-coherent direct-detection (DD) with remotely transmitted pilot, as signal x pilot components fade. We propose POL-MUX QAM by novel low-complexity photonic integrated optical front-end and adaptive 3×2 MIMO DSP.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; integrated optics; optical fibre polarisation; passive optical networks; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16 QAM; adaptive MIMO DSP; direct detection data rate; low complexity photonic integrated optical front end; polarization controller; polarization multiplexing; remotely transmitted pilot; self coherent direct detection;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1311
