Title :
Spectrally-efficient single-sideband subcarrier-multiplexed quasi-Nyquist QPSK with direct detection
Author :
Erkilinc, M.S. ; Maher, Robert ; Paskov, Milen ; Kilmurray, Sean ; Pachnicke, Stephan ; Griesser, Helmut ; Thomsen, Benn C. ; Bayvel, Polina ; Killey, Robert I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally assess SSB SCM quasi-Nyquist QPSK for spectrally-efficient direct detection links. Nine channel 10.7 GHz-spaced WDM signal generation at 14 Gb/s per channel is demonstrated with a subcarrier frequency of 5.25 GHz.
Keywords :
channel spacing; optical pulse shaping; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; SSB SCM quasiNyquist QPSK; WDM signal generation; frequency 10.7 GHz; frequency 5.25 GHz; spectrally efficient direct detection links; spectrally efficient single sideband subcarrier multiplexed quasiNyquist QPSK;
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.2013.1369
