DocumentCode
2070548
Title
Nonlinear distortion of 16QAM constellations in intradyne coherent receiver
Author
Sakamoto, Takahide ; Chiba, Akira ; Kawanishi, Tetsuyas
Author_Institution
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
22-26 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We investigate nonlinear distortions of constellations revealed in intradyne receivers for 16QAM signal reception. It is shown that symbols of constellations are circularly spread by impairments of balanced detectors and amplifiers, increasing excess bit errors.
Keywords
light coherence; nonlinear distortion; optical distortion; optical receivers; optical saturation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16 QAM constellation; balanced amplifier; balanced detector; intradyne coherent receiver; nonlinear distortion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN
Pending
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943130
Filename
5943130
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