Title :
Performance limitation of coherent optical OFDM systems with non-ideal optical phase conjugation
Author :
Morshed, Monir ; Du, Liang B. ; Lowery, Arthur J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
A theoretical analysis of the performance of CO-OFDM systems that use optical phase conjugation is presented, showing excellent agreement with simulations and experiments. We identify two two-stage mixing mechanisms that limit the signal quality.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; multiplexing; CO-OFDM systems; coherent optical OFDM systems; non-ideal optical phase conjugation; signal quality; two-stage mixing mechanisms; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Coherent Optical OFDM systems; Cross Phase Modulation; Four Wave Mixing; Nonlinear Effect; Optical Phase Conjugation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358658
