• DocumentCode
    1940199
  • Title

    Eight-dimensional modulation for coherent optical communications

  • Author

    Koike-Akino, Toshiaki ; Millar, David S. ; Kojima, Keisuke ; Parsons, Kieran

  • Author_Institution
    Mitsubishi Electr. Res. Labs. (MERL), Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose several 8-dimensional modulation formats for coherent fiber-optic communications. For spectral efficiencies of 1.75 and 2 b/s/Hz/pol, the proposed modulations offer up to 1 dB gain over DP-QPSK.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; DP-QPSK; coherent fiber-optic communications; eight-dimensional modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1368
  • Filename
    6647561