Is Optical OFDM a Viable Alternative to Single-Carrier Transmission for Future Long-Haul Optical Systems?

Author

Barbieri, A. ; Colavolpe, G. ; Foggi, T. ; Forestieri, E. ; Prati, G.

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

23-27 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and single-carrier (SC) data transmission are compared as potential candidates for the next generation coherent long-haul 100 Gbps optical communication systems. The comparison takes into account impairments either general or mainly related to coherent detection, e.g., group velocity dispersion (GVD), polarization mode dispersion (PMD), non-linear effects, phase noise due to transmit and receive lasers, uncompensated frequency offset, other synchronization aspects, overall complexity, power and spectral efficiency, technological constraints.

Keywords

data communication; frequency division multiplexing; light polarisation; optical communication; optical dispersion; signal detection; coherent detection; next generation coherent optical communication systems; optical OFDM; optical systems; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; single-carrier data transmission; single-carrier transmission; Data communication; Laser modes; Laser noise; Nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical fiber communication; Phase detection; Phase frequency detector; Phase noise; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (ICC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cape Town

ISSN

1550-3607

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6402-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2010.5502059

Filename

5502059