Title :
Compatibility of optical OFDM and NRZ in WDM communication links
Author :
Chen, Hu ; Du, Liang Bangyuan ; Lowery, Arthur James
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC
Abstract :
The use of optical OFDM in fibre links also carrying NRZ channels is investigated. Simulations show little penalty on the OFDM channels if the NRZ power is less than 2 dB greater than the OFDM power.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; NRZ channels; OFDM channels; WDM communication links; fibre links; nonreturn-to-zero; optical OFDM; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; OFDM; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610413
