Title :
TCM-QPSK performance in subsea trials
Author :
Mertz, Pierre ; Burmeister, Emily ; Hai Xu ; Dominic, V. ; Han Sun ; Kuang-Tsan Wu ; Grubb, Steve ; Welch, David
Author_Institution :
Infinera Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
Trellis Coded Modulated (TCM)-QPSK has been demonstrated as a coherent optical modulation format. For the first time its performance is compared to BPSK on four subsea segments of different lengths, showing performance benefits of up to 1.8 dB.
Keywords :
optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; trellis coded modulation; underwater optical wireless communication; TCM-QPSK performance; Trellis coded modulation; coherent optical modulation; subsea trials; Adaptive optics; Binary phase shift keying; Nonlinear optics; Optical noise; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
