Title :
Coherent multimode-fiber MIMO transmission with spatial constellation modulation
Author :
Bülow, H. ; Al-Hashimi, H. ; Schmauss, B.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
A 12-dimensional 32-point sphere constellation defined among three spatial MMF modes exhibits a 1.5-dB improvement versus 3 PDM-BPSK transmitters at 0.001 outage probability even in the presence of statistical mode dependent loss.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; light coherence; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; 3 PDM-BPSK transmitters; coherent multimode fiber MIMO transmission; miltimode fiber; spatial constellation modulation; sphere constellation; Couplers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
