title: Spectrally efficient direct-detected OFDM transmission employing an iterative estimation and cancellation technique.
abstract: We demonstrate a linearly field-modulated, direct-detected virtual SSB-OFDM (VSSB-OFDM) transmission with an RF tone placed at the edge of the signal band. By employing the iterative estimation and cancellation technique for the signal-signal beat interference (SSBI) at the receiver, our approach alleviates the need of the frequency gap, which is typically reserved for isolating the SSBI, and saves half the electrical bandwidth, thus being very spectrally efficient. We derive the theoretical model for the VSSB-OFDM system and detail the signal processing for the iterative approach conducted at the receiver. Possible limitations for this iterative approach are also given and discussed. We successfully transmit a 10 Gbps, 4-quadrature-amplitude-modulation (QAM) VSSB-OFDM signal through 340 km of uncompensated standard single mode fiber (SSMF) with almost no penalty. In addition, the simulated results show that the proposed scheme has an approximately 2 dB optical-signal-to-noise-ratio (OSNR) gain and has a better chromatic dispersion (CD) tolerance compared with the previous intensity-modulated SSB-OFDM system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, R O C. pwr.eo92g@nctu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Wei-Ren
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kai-Ming
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Vahid R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Arbab
authors.forename: Bishara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shamee
authors.forename: Jeng-Yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Louis C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Christen
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Willner
authors.forename: Sien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008872:Microwaves; D055100:Optical Fibers; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*