Intensity modulation and direct detection Alamouti polarization-time coding for optical fiber transmission systems with polarization mode dispersion

Ahmed Galib Reza; June-Koo  K. Rhee

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.7.076105

18 July 2016 Intensity modulation and direct detection Alamouti polarization-time coding for optical fiber transmission systems with polarization mode dispersion

Ahmed Galib Reza, June-Koo K. Rhee

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 7, 076105 (July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.7.076105

Abstract

Alamouti space-time coding is modified in the form of polarization-time coding to combat against polarization mode dispersion (PMD) impairments in exploiting a polarization diversity multiplex (PDM) gain with simple intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) in optical transmission systems. A theoretical model for the proposed IM/DD Alamouti polarization-time coding (APTC-IM/DD) using nonreturn-to-zero on-off keying signal can surprisingly eliminate the requirement of channel estimation for decoding in the low PMD regime, when a two-transmitter and two-receiver channel is adopted. Even in the high PMD regime, the proposed APTC-IM/DD still reveals coding gain demonstrating the robustness of APTC-IM/DD. In addition, this scheme can eliminate the requirements for a polarization state controller, a coherent receiver, and a high-speed analog-to-digital converter at a receiver. Simulation results reveal that the proposed APTC scheme is able to reduce the optical signal-to-noise ratio requirement by ∼3 dB and significantly enhance the PMD tolerance of a PDM-based IM/DD system.

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Ahmed Galib Reza and June-Koo K. Rhee "Intensity modulation and direct detection Alamouti polarization-time coding for optical fiber transmission systems with polarization mode dispersion," Optical Engineering 55(7), 076105 (18 July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.7.076105

Published: 18 July 2016

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