100 Gbps IM/DD links using quad-polarization: Performance, complexity, and power dissipation
Author(s) -
Silvia Saldaña Cercós,
Molly Piels,
José Estarán,
Mario A. Usuga,
Edson Porto da Silva,
Anna Manolova Fagertun,
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.23.019954
Subject(s) - optics , digital signal processing , wavelength division multiplexing , multiplexing , electronic engineering , polarization mode dispersion , polarization division multiplexing , computer science , signal processing , power consumption , polarization (electrochemistry) , physics , optical fiber , power (physics) , wavelength , telecommunications , engineering , chemistry , quantum mechanics
A computational complexity, power consumption, and receiver sensitivity analysis for three different scenarios for short-range direct detection links is presented: 1) quad-polarization, 2) wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), and 3) parallel optics. Results show that the power consumption penalty associated to the quad-polarization digital signal processing (DSP) is negligibly small. However, the required analog to digital converters account for 47.6% of the total system power consumption. Transmission of 4×32 Gbps over 2 km standard single mode fiber is achieved with a receiver sensitivity of 4.4 dBm.
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