Title :
Volterra filtering for nonlinearity impairment mitigation in DP-16QAM and DP-QPSK fiber optic communication systems
Author :
Pan, Zhaoyi ; Châtelain, Benoît ; Chagnon, Mathieu ; Plant, David V.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Group, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A reduced nonlinear Volterra filter is applied to 14 Gbaud DP-16QAM and 28 Gbaud DP-QPSK systems for nonlinearity mitigation. An increased reach of 500 km and 1200 km, respectively, is achieved compared to the non-Volterra filter case.
Keywords :
nonlinear filters; optical communication; optical filters; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; DP-16QAM; DP-QPSK fiber optic communication systems; Gbaud DP-QPSK systems; distance 500 km to 1200 km; nonlinear Volterra filter; nonlinearity impairment mitigation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Modulation; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
