On the phase noise impact in direct-detection optical OFDM transmission

Wei Ren Peng*, Jyehong Chen, Sien Chi

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Abstract

In this letter, we characterize the impact of laser phase noise (PN) in direct-detection optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) and emphasize its several differences from those in coherent optical OFDM. We also analyze the system performance in the presence of PN for various quadrature-amplitude-modulation formats and provide the bit-error-rate estimation method which can yield reliable results when the PN-induced optical signal-to-noise ratio penalty is lower than ∼2 dB.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5418993
Pages (from-to)649-651
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume22
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Direct detection
  • Optical fiber communication
  • Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
  • Phase noise (PN)

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