Abstract
We propose - as a modification of the optical (RF) pilot scheme -a balanced phase modulation between two polarizations of the optical signal in order to generate correlated equalization enhanced phase noise (EEPN) contributions in the two polarizations. The method is applicable for n-level PSK system. The EEPN can be compensated, the carrier phase extracted and the nPSK signal regenerated by complex conjugation and multiplication in the receiver. The method is tested by system simulations in a single channel QPSK system at 56 Gb/s system rate. It is found that the conjugation and multiplication scheme in the Rx can mitigate the EEPN to within 1/2 orders of magnitude. Results are compared to using the Viterbi-Viterbi algorithm to mitigate the EEPN. The latter method improves the sensitivity more than two orders of magnitude. Important novel insight into the statistical properties of EEPN is identified and discussed in the paper.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 12351-12362 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 13 May 2013 |
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| Publication status | Published - 20 May 2013 |
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Support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) project UNLOC, EP/J017582/1 and FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP (project GRIFFON, No 324391) is acknowledged.