Title :
Optical Error Correction using Passive Optical Logic Gates Demodulators in Differential Demodulation
Author :
Lize, Yannick Keith ; Christen, Louis ; Nuccio, Scott ; Wu, Xiaoxia ; Willner, Alan E. ; Kashyap, Raman ; Faucher, Mathieu
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate an error-correction technique with no overhead for differentially encoded modulation formats. The method improves FEC equipped systems, increasing chromatic dispersion tolerance by 25% while reducing the penalty of imperfect optical filtering.
Keywords :
demodulation; forward error correction; optical dispersion; optical filters; optical logic; FEC equipped systems; chromatic dispersion tolerance; differential demodulation; imperfect optical filtering; optical error correction; passive optical logic gates demodulators; Bit error rate; Demodulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Error correction; Forward error correction; Logic gates; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Voting;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452622
