DocumentCode
2159696
Title
Penalties from in-band crosstalk for advanced optical modulation formats
Author
Winzer, P.J. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Konczykowska, A. ; Jorge, F. ; Dupuy, J.-Y.
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
18-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We quantify, through simulations and experiments at 21.4 GBaud, the effect of in-band crosstalk on several advanced optical modulation formats, showing a 1-dB penalty at a bit-error ratio of 1×10-3 from a crosstalk of -18 dB, -24 dB, and -32 dB for QPSK, 16-QAM, and 64-QAM, respectively.
Keywords
optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM; 16-quadrature amplitude modulation; 64-QAM; 64-quadrature amplitude modulation; QPSK; bit-error ratio; in-band crosstalk; optical modulation formats; Crosstalk; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical polarization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Geneva
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1918-9
Type
conf
Filename
6065992
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