Title :
Generalized pulse-position modulation for optical power-efficient communication
Author :
Karlsson, Magnus ; Agrell, Erik
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
A family of modulation formats is derived by combining pulse-position modulation (PPM) with multilevel dual-polarization signal constellations. With 16-PPM, gains of up to 5.4 dB are obtained over dual-polarization QPSK, at the cost of reduced spectral efficiency.
Keywords :
optical modulation; pulse position modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; 16-PPM; PPM; dual-polarization QPSK; generalized pulse-position modulation; multilevel dual-polarization signal constellations; optical power-efficient communication; Gain; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Phase shift keying; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
