• DocumentCode
    1571063
  • Title

    Impact of transmitter and receiver imperfections on the performance of coherent optical QPSK communication systems

  • Author

    Petrou, C.S. ; Vgenis, A. ; Kiourti, A. ; Roudas, I. ; Hurley, J. ; Sauer, M. ; Downie, J. ; Mauro, Y. ; Raghavan, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Rio
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    410
  • Lastpage
    411
  • Abstract
    We investigate transmitter and receiver imperfections in coherent QPSK systems, and how their impact can be mitigated using DSP algorithms. Quadrature imbalance was found to be a particularly significant effect that will require compensation.
  • Keywords
    compensation; digital signal processing chips; light coherence; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; DSP; coherent optical QPSK communication; compensation; quadrature imbalance; receiver; transmitter; Digital signal processing; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Quadrature phase shift keying; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688664
  • Filename
    4688664