Performance evaluation of 6-level PSK signal using differential demodulation with partial symbol delay

H. Y. Choi*, I. Morita

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate an optical transmission system based on a 6-level PSK modulation format and differential detection with a partial symbol delay. The 6-level PSK signal is simply generated by using a chirp-free Mach-Zehnder modulator followed by a phase modulator. In order to convert the phase information of the 6-level PSK signal into the intensity, we utilize a pair of two Mach-Zehnder delay-line interferometers with having a differential delay less than the symbol duration of the signal unlike a conventional differential detection scheme. We evaluate the performances of the differential 6-level PSK signal and compare them with that of a conventional DQPSK signal. In addition, the transmission performance of the 21.4-Gb/s 6-level PSK signal is experimentally verified in a 240-km long dispersionmanaged fiber link. Furthermore, additional simulation results show that the tolerance to optical filtering and chromatic dispersion of the 107-Gb/s differential 6-level PSK signal is improved significantly by adopting the partial demodulation scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAsia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition, ACP 2011
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventAsia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition, ACP 2011 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 2011 Nov 132011 Nov 16

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceAsia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition, ACP 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period11/11/1311/11/16

Keywords

  • Differential detection
  • Differential phase shift keying
  • Intersymbol interference
  • Multilevel modulation format
  • Partial DPSK

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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