Title :
Quaternary system based on phase and polarization modulation with differential detection
Author :
Gene, Joan M. ; Comellas, Juame ; Prat, Josep
Author_Institution :
Dept. Siganl Theory & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a novel modulation scheme based on the orthogonality between absolute and relative phase of an EM wave while using a differential detector to avoid the need of any polarization control.
Keywords :
differential detection; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; differential detection; phase modulation; polarization modulation; quaternary system;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1