Experimental comparison of modulation formats in IM/DD links
Journal article, 2011

We present an experimental comparison of modulation formats for optical intensity modulated links with direct detection. Specifically, we compare OOK, QPSK on an electrical subcarrier and a new modulation format named OOPSK. The OOPSK modulation format is shown to have better sensitivity than the other modulation formats, in agreement with theoretical predictions. The impact of propagation in multimode fiber is also studied and the results show that all modulation formats have similar sensitivity penalties, with respect to the fibre length.

Fiber optics links and subsystems

Modulation

Fiber optics and optical communications

Author

Krzysztof Szczerba

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Johnny Karout

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

Petter Westbergh

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Erik Agrell

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

Magnus Karlsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Peter Andrekson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Anders Larsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Optics Express

1094-4087 (ISSN) 10944087 (eISSN)

Vol. 19 10 9881-9889

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

DOI

10.1364/OE.19.009881

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