Experimental demonstration of high spectral-efficiency transmission with a novel non-interferometric vector modulator and custom DSP algorithms for coherent PON architectures

I. Lazarou; C. Spatharakis; V. Katopodis; S. Dris; P. Bakopoulos; B. Schrenk; H. Avramopoulos

doi:10.1117/12.2038473

1 February 2014 Experimental demonstration of high spectral-efficiency transmission with a novel non-interferometric vector modulator and custom DSP algorithms for coherent PON architectures

I. Lazarou, C. Spatharakis, V. Katopodis, S. Dris, P. Bakopoulos, B. Schrenk, H. Avramopoulos

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Proceedings Volume 9009, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems III; 90090I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038473
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate a flexible multi-format vector modulator for coherent passive optical network (PON) architectures based on a non-interferometric cascade of a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) and an Electro-Absorption Modulator (EAM) that exhibits increased simplicity and high energy-efficiency at low cost. 12- and 16- Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) constellations are generated, achieving modulation efficiencies of 3.6 and 4 bits/symbol respectively. The presented results demonstrate successful transmission over 25 km of fiber below the Forward Error Correction (FEC) limit, with sufficient compatible loss-budgets, making the proposed modulator concept an attractive candidate for urban network deployments, where high user density demands spectrally efficient formats. In addition, we describe the operation principle of the proposed modulator in detail and finally, the complete set of the digital signal processing (DSP) functionalities and algorithms that follow the standard coherent detection scheme is given, emphasizing on novel methods for QAM signal demodulation with uncommon constellation diagrams.

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I. Lazarou, C. Spatharakis, V. Katopodis, S. Dris, P. Bakopoulos, B. Schrenk, and H. Avramopoulos "Experimental demonstration of high spectral-efficiency transmission with a novel non-interferometric vector modulator and custom DSP algorithms for coherent PON architectures", Proc. SPIE 9009, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems III, 90090I (1 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038473

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Digital signal processing

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