DocumentCode
2160687
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
fYear
2011
fDate
18-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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;
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
6066028
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