Enhanced Performance of CAP System Using an Overlap Frequency-Domain Equalization Scheme

In this paper, an overlap frequency-domain equalization (OFDE) scheme is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in an intensity modulation and direct-detection optical communication system with carrierless amplitude and phase (CAP) modulation. Moreover, the negative chirp property of the Mach&...

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Main Authors: Jing He, Huan Dong, Rui Deng, Teng Li, Lin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7447850/
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Summary:In this paper, an overlap frequency-domain equalization (OFDE) scheme is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in an intensity modulation and direct-detection optical communication system with carrierless amplitude and phase (CAP) modulation. Moreover, the negative chirp property of the Mach&#x2013;Zehnder modulator (MZM) for a CAP32/64/128 system is also investigated. After 100-km standard single-mode fiber transmission, the experimental results show that at the bit error ratio (BER) of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3.8\times 10^{-3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, the receiver sensitivities can be improved by 0.6 and 0.4 dB for CAP32 and CAP64 systems by utilizing the OFDE method, respectively. In addition, the receiver sensitivity is improved by 0.5 dB for CAP128 system at the bit error ratio (BER) of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2.4\times 10^{-2}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. Compared with the FDE based on cyclic prefix (CP), the spectral efficiency of the CAP system with the OFDE scheme can be improved by 12.18&#x0025;.
ISSN:1943-0655