Subset-Optimized Polarization-Multiplexed PSK for Fiber-Optic Communications

Author

Sjodin, Martin ; Agrell, Erik ; Karlsson, Magnus

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2013

fDate

May-13

Firstpage

838

Lastpage

840

Abstract

A more power-efficient modulation format than polarization-multiplexed quadrature phase-shift keying (PM-QPSK) can be obtained by optimizing the amplitude ratio between symbols with odd and even parity in the PM-QPSK constellation. The optimal amplitude ratio approaches the golden ratio at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), yielding a 0.44 dB increase in asymptotic power efficiency compared to PM-QPSK. Union bound expressions are derived for the bit and symbol error rate of the new format, which together with Monte Carlo simulations give the power efficiency at both low and high SNR. A similar optimization performed on PM-8PSK gains 1.25 dB.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; error statistics; optical fibre communication; phase shift keying; polarisation; Monte Carlo simulations; PM-QPSK constellation; SNR; amplitude ratio; asymptotic power efficiency; bit error rate; fiber-optic communications; polarization-multiplexed quadrature phase-shift keying; power-efficient modulation format; signal-to-noise ratio; subset-optimized polarization-multiplexed PSK; symbol error rate; union bound expressions; Argon; Bit error rate; Gain; Monte Carlo methods; Phase shift keying; Signal to noise ratio; Polarization-multiplexing; four-dimensional modulation; power-efficiency; quadrature phase-shift keying;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2013.030413.122871

Filename

6476943