Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system

We present a laser phase noise (PN) induced effect of a phase-modulation-to-intensity-modulation conversion noise and noise pedestals underneath each of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers in a selfcoherent optical OFDM transmission using a self-homodyne technique. We p...

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Main Authors: Ali Mandalawi, Younus Nidham, Yaakob, Syamsuri, Wan Adnan, Wan Azizun, Yaacob, Mohd Hanif, Zan, Zuraidah
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Language:English
Published: Optical Society of America Publishing 2018
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author Ali Mandalawi, Younus Nidham
Yaakob, Syamsuri
Wan Adnan, Wan Azizun
Yaacob, Mohd Hanif
Zan, Zuraidah
author_facet Ali Mandalawi, Younus Nidham
Yaakob, Syamsuri
Wan Adnan, Wan Azizun
Yaacob, Mohd Hanif
Zan, Zuraidah
author_sort Ali Mandalawi, Younus Nidham
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description We present a laser phase noise (PN) induced effect of a phase-modulation-to-intensity-modulation conversion noise and noise pedestals underneath each of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers in a selfcoherent optical OFDM transmission using a self-homodyne technique. We provide a statistical analysis on the received symbols using a histogram to demonstrate the effect of a phase rotation term and inter-subcarrier interference individually and collectively. The PN is then compensated using a simple time delay to realign the phase walk-off of the subcarriers relative to the carrier. Significant quadrature improvements of 6.82 dB using 5 MHz laser linewidth over a 720 km transmission length and 5.38 dB using 20 MHz over 240 km have been obtained with 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) over 15 GHz OFDM signal bandwidth. The technique also significantly reduced an optical-signal-to-noise ratio requirement at the bit error rate of 1 × 10−3 by 16.15 dB for 64-QAM over 160 km. With the delay, the system can tolerate three times the chromatic dispersion-length product.
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spelling upm-748232020-03-17T08:11:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74823/ Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system Ali Mandalawi, Younus Nidham Yaakob, Syamsuri Wan Adnan, Wan Azizun Yaacob, Mohd Hanif Zan, Zuraidah We present a laser phase noise (PN) induced effect of a phase-modulation-to-intensity-modulation conversion noise and noise pedestals underneath each of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers in a selfcoherent optical OFDM transmission using a self-homodyne technique. We provide a statistical analysis on the received symbols using a histogram to demonstrate the effect of a phase rotation term and inter-subcarrier interference individually and collectively. The PN is then compensated using a simple time delay to realign the phase walk-off of the subcarriers relative to the carrier. Significant quadrature improvements of 6.82 dB using 5 MHz laser linewidth over a 720 km transmission length and 5.38 dB using 20 MHz over 240 km have been obtained with 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) over 15 GHz OFDM signal bandwidth. The technique also significantly reduced an optical-signal-to-noise ratio requirement at the bit error rate of 1 × 10−3 by 16.15 dB for 64-QAM over 160 km. With the delay, the system can tolerate three times the chromatic dispersion-length product. Optical Society of America Publishing 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74823/1/Laser%20phase%20noise.pdf Ali Mandalawi, Younus Nidham and Yaakob, Syamsuri and Wan Adnan, Wan Azizun and Yaacob, Mohd Hanif and Zan, Zuraidah (2018) Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system. Optics Letters, 44 (2). pp. 307-310. ISSN 0146-9592, ESSN: 1539-4794 10.1364/OL.44.000307
spellingShingle Ali Mandalawi, Younus Nidham
Yaakob, Syamsuri
Wan Adnan, Wan Azizun
Yaacob, Mohd Hanif
Zan, Zuraidah
Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system
title Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system
title_full Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system
title_fullStr Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system
title_full_unstemmed Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system
title_short Laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical OFDM transmission system
title_sort laser phase noise effect and reduction in self- homodyne optical ofdm transmission system
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74823/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74823/1/Laser%20phase%20noise.pdf