Title :
Measurement of non linear thresholds in O-OFDM systems with respect to data pattern and peak power to average ratio
Author :
Dischler, Roman ; Buchali, Fred
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs Germany, Alcatel-Lucent, Stuttgart
Abstract :
We investigated the non linear threshold of a coherent O-OFDM system. An improvement for NLT of about 2.5 dB was demonstrated either by reducing the data pattern length or clipping of the OFDM signal.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; error statistics; optical communication; O-OFDM systems; OFDM signal; data pattern; nonlinear thresholds measurement; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Peak to average power ratio; Power measurement; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729135
