Title :
Comparative analysis of 40 Gbit/s optical amplitude/phase modulation formats in the presence of channel and receiver impairments
Author :
Secondini, M. ; Forestieri, E. ; Prati, G. ; Cavaliere, F. ; Palagi, A. ; Bruno, G.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Networks Lab., Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
The performance of different modulation formats in presence of amplification noise, chromatic dispersion and PMD is analytically determined. The impact of narrow optical filtering and a phase error in the interferometric detection is also investigated.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; amplitude modulation; errors; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical filters; optical modulation; optical noise; optical receivers; phase modulation; telecommunication channels; 40 Gbit/s; PMD; amplification noise; channel impairment; chromatic dispersion; interferometric detection; narrow optical filtering; optical amplitude format; phase error; phase modulation format; receiver impairment;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
