Title :
Accurate digital phase estimation process for coherent detection using a parallel digital processor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
A phase estimation method is presented and demonstrated experimentally which is suitable for coherent detection of signals using a parallel digital processor. The method achieves an estimate within 0.1 dB of the MAP estimate.
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; optical fibre communication; optical signal detection; phase estimation; MAP estimate; coherent detection; digital phase estimation; parallel digital processor; phase estimation method;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1