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
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