Title :
Fiber nonlinearity mitigation by PAPR reduction in coherent optical OFDM systems via active constellation extension
Author :
Krongold, Brian S. ; Tang, Yan ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
We consider active constellation extension to reduce the PAPR in CO-OFDM systems. We find that the nonlinearity threshold is improved by 1.5 dB at a reach of 400 km SSMF fiber.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; active constellation extension; coherent optical OFDM systems; distance 400 km; fiber nonlinearity mitigation; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Peak to average power ratio; 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.2008.4729499
