Title :
Enhanced Tolerance to Demultiplexing Misalignment in an OTDM System with Hybrid RZ-ASK/DPSK Formats
Author :
Deng, Ning ; Chan, Chun-Kit
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We propose a novel OTDM scheme with hybrid RZ-ASK/RZ-DPSK formats and investigate its demultiplexing performance. Experiment showed the tolerances to demultiplexing timing misalignment were improved by 180% and 70%, for RZ-ASK and RZ-DPSK channels, respectively.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; demultiplexing; differential phase shift keying; time division multiplexing; OTDM system; RZ-DPSK format; amplitude shift keying; demultiplexing misalignment; differential phase shift keying; hybrid RZ-ASK format; optical time division multiplexing; Amplitude shift keying; Demultiplexing; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; High speed optical techniques; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348439
