Title :
Pilot-tone-based nonlinearity compensation for optical OFDM systems
Author :
Inan, B. ; Randel, S. ; Jansen, S.L. ; Lobato, A. ; Adhikari, S. ; Hanik, N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun. Eng., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
We propose a pilot-tone based phase noise compensation method for the mitigation of nonlinearities in OFDM transmission. This scheme allows for the compensation of XPM-induced transmission impairments without direct knowledge of the optical field of the co-propagating channels.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical communication; phase noise; OFDM transmission; XPM-induced transmission impairments; copropagating channels; optical OFDM systems; phase noise compensation; pilot-tone-based nonlinearity compensation; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical filters; Optical noise; Phase noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621122
