Multilevel pulse-position modulation for optical power-efficient communication
Journal article, 2011

A family of modulation formats is derived by combining pulse-position modulation (PPM) with multilevel dual-polarization signal constellations. With 16-PPM, gains of up to 5.4 dB are obtained over dual-polarization QPSK, at the cost of reduced spectral efficiency.

Author

Magnus Karlsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Erik Agrell

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

Published in

Optics Express

1094-4087 (ISSN) 10944087 (eISSN)

Vol. 19 Issue 26 p. B799-B804

Categorizing

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Telecommunications

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Identifiers

DOI

10.1364/OE.19.00B799

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