EVM as new quality metric for optical modulation analysis

2013 Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference, SIECPC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

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

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c POLYTEC GMBH   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bit error ratio (BER); error vector magnitude (EVM); Q factor; signal to noise power ratio; software defined transmitter

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; ERROR STATISTICS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHOTONICS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSMITTERS;

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

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 84881463577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIECPC.2013.6551002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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