An improved feed-forward carrier recovery algorithm for coherent receivers with M-QAM modulation format

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1051-1053

  Zhou, Xiang ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent receiver; feed forward; modulation format; optical; phase recovery; quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)

Indexed keywords

COHERENT RECEIVERS; FEED-FORWARD; MODULATION FORMATS; OPTICAL; OPTICAL PHASE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RECOVERY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 77954167481     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2049644     Document Type: Article

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