Performance Comparison of Single-Sideband Direct Detection Nyquist-Subcarrier Modulation and OFDM

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2038-2046

  Erkilinç, M Sezer ^a   Pachnicke, Stephan ^b   Griesser, Helmut ^b   Thomsen, Benn C ^a   Bayvel, Polina ^a   Killey, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital signal processing; direct detection; electronic pre distortion; Nyquist pulse shaping; optical communication; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; signal signal beating interference; subcarrier modulation; wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; MODULATION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PULSE SHAPING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL DENSITY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIRECT DETECTION; NYQUIST PULSE; PRE-DISTORTION; SIGNAL-SIGNAL BEATING INTERFERENCES; SUB-CARRIER MODULATIONS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84934294108     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2401396     Document Type: Article

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