Title :
PMD- and Dispersion-Tolerance of QPSK Homodyne Detection using a Polarization-Multiplexed Pilot Carrier
Author :
Nakamura, Moriya ; Kamio, Yukiyoshi ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) 4-2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan, E-mail: m-naka@nict.go.jp
Abstract :
PMD- and dispersion-tolerance of QPSK homodyne detection using a polarization-multiplexed pilot carrier was demonstrated for both NRZ and RZ formats. Receiver sensitivity penalty versus ratio of pilot carrier to total optical power was also investigated.
Keywords :
Optical feedback; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Polarization mode dispersion; Quadrature phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800898
