Power efficient subcarrier modulation for intensity modulated channels
Journal article, 2010

We compare formats for optical intensity modulation limited by thermal noise with the assumption of having ideal devices. At the same bitrate and bandwidth, a hitherto unknown format turns out to be more power efficient than known formats. This new modulation, which is a hybrid between on-off keying and phase-shift keying, belongs to the subcarrier modulation family. At asymptotically high signal-to-noise ratios, this hybrid scheme has a 1.2 dB average electrical power gain and 0.6 dB average optical power gain compared to OOK, while it has a 3.0 dB average electrical power gain and 2.1 dB average optical power gain compared to subcarrier QPSK.

Subcarrier

'Modulation

Direct detection

phase-shift keying'

Intensity Modulation

Author

Johnny Karout

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Erik Agrell

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Magnus Karlsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Optics Express

1094-4087 (ISSN) 10944087 (eISSN)

Vol. 18 17 17913-17921

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1364/OE.18.017913

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