• DocumentCode
    2849096
  • Title

    Digital coherent receiver based on parallel optical sampling

  • Author

    Fischer, J.K. ; Ludwig, R. ; Molle, L. ; Schmidt-Langhorst, C. ; Leonhardt, C.C. ; Matiss, A. ; Schubert, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose a coherent receiver scheme exploiting optical sampling to overcome the speed limitations of electronic analog-to-digital converters. Transmission of 56GBd quadrature phase-shift keying signals over 610km standard single-mode fiber and coherent detection with electronic impairment mitigation is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    analogue-digital conversion; optical receivers; quadrature phase shift keying; signal detection; coherent detection; digital coherent receiver; electronic analog-to-digital converter; electronic impairment mitigation; parallel optical sampling; quadrature phase-shift keying signal; single-mode fiber; speed limitation; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621503
  • Filename
    5621503