Title :
Investigation of Electronic Equalization in Coherent Receivers with Complex Modulation Schemes
Author :
Hebebrand, Christina ; Rosenkranz, Werner
Author_Institution :
Kiel Univ., Kiel
Abstract :
We propose a post detection equalizer design for complex multilevel modulation and coherent I/Q-detection and investigate the performance in terms of dispersion tolerance for both linear and nonlinear (Kerr effect) fiber effects.
Keywords :
equalisers; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical signal detection; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; Kerr effect; RZ-8PSK; RZ-QPSK; Star-RZ-16QAM; coherent I-Q-detection; coherent receivers; complex multilevel modulation schemes; dispersion tolerance; electronic equalization; nonlinear fiber effects; post detection equalizer design; Constellation diagram; Digital signal processing; Equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; OFDM modulation; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Signal processing algorithms;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288325
