Quality metrics in optical modulation analysis: EVM and its relation to Q-factor, OSNR, and BER

Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nebendahl, B ^a   Schmogrow, R ^a   Dennis, T ^b   Josten, A ^a   Hillerkuss, D ^a   Koenig, S ^a   Meyer, J ^a   Dreschmann, M ^a   Winter, M ^a,c   Huebner, M ^a,d   Freude, W ^a   Koos, C ^a   Leuthold, J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c POLYTEC GMBH   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bit error ratio (BER); Error vector magnitude (EVM); Q factor; Signal to noise power ratio; Software defined transmitter

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONICS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; TRANSMITTERS;

BIT ERROR RATIO (BER); ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE; Q-FACTORS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE POWER RATIO; SOFTWARE DEFINED TRANSMITTERS;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84875168646     PISSN: 2162108X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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