Title :
Offset-DQPSK modulation format for 40 Gb/s and comparison to RZ-DQPSK in WDM environment
Author :
Wree, Christoph ; Serbay, Murat ; Leibrich, Jochen ; Rosenkranz, Weraer
Author_Institution :
Chair for Commun., Kiel Univ., Germany
Abstract :
We propose offset-DQPSK as a modified DPSK modulation format. The receiver sensitivity (Monte-Carlo simulations), the dispersion tolerance and the robustness towards nonlinear effects are investigated and compared with RZ-DQPSK.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical receivers; phase modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; Monte-Carlo simulations; RZ-DQPSK; WDM; dispersion tolerance; nonlinear effects; offset-DQPSK modulation format; receiver sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
