Title :
Non quadrature intensity modulation formats
Author :
Antona, Jean-Christophe ; Layec, Patricia ; de Valicourt, G.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Bell-Labs. France, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We introduce here the novel 2D Non-Quadrature Intensity Modulation Formats (NQIM) generated with two phase-shifted intensity modulators. We particularly highlight 4-8 symbol Diamond 2π/3 - NQIM formats as spectrally efficient and noise tolerant candidates for integrated transmitters.
Keywords :
intensity modulation; NQIM; novel 2D nonquadrature intensity modulation formats; phase-shifted intensity modulators; Bit error rate; Extinction ratio; Phase shift keying; Sensitivity; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964103
