TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical and numerical analyses for PDM-IM signals using Stokes vector receivers
AU - Huo, Jiahao
AU - Zhou, Xian
AU - Shang, Chao
AU - Huangfu, Wei
AU - Yuan, Jinhui
AU - Ning, Huansheng
AU - Long, Keping
AU - Yu, Changyuan
AU - Lau, Alan Pak Tao
AU - Lu, Chao
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFB1803905), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61671053, 61871030), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. FRF-TP-19-017A1), State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems Networks, China, the Open Fund of IPOC (BUPT) (Grant No. IPOC2018B009), Foundation of Beijing Engineering and Technology Center for Convergence Networks and Ubiquitous Services, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Grant Nos. 1-ZVGB, G-SB65, 4-BCCK).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Science China Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Different from current coherent-detection-based long-haul transmission systems, inter- and intradatacenter transmissions require a simpler transmitter and receiver. A promising way to significantly meet the demands of datacenter transmission is polarization division multiplexing intensity modulation with direct detection (PDM-IM-DD) using a Stokes vector receiver (SVR). However, for different SVR architectures, the corresponding demultiplexing matrix is required to recover the Stokes vectors from the detected signals, which are combined with an arbitrary state of polarization (SOP), will change the effect of noise dynamically and significantly influence the system performance. In this study, PDM-IM signals using four SVRs, i.e., a 90° optical hybrid with 2 balanced photodetectors (BPDs) and 2 photodetectors (PDs), a 90° optical hybrid with 4 PDs, a Stokes analyzer and a 3 × 3 coupler with 4 PDs, are studied theoretically and numerically. Theoretical system models using the four SVRs are developed, and the noise power variations are analyzed quantitatively based on these models. Moreover, the performance of the systems is also investigated for 224 Gbit/s polarization division multiplexing pulse amplitude modulation 4 level with direct detection (PDM-PAM4-DD) transmission in a simulation. The simulation results show that the bit error rate (BER) performance of the systems is consistent with the theoretical noise power variation curves. The theoretical analysis scheme is helpful for the practical design of SVR-based systems.
AB - Different from current coherent-detection-based long-haul transmission systems, inter- and intradatacenter transmissions require a simpler transmitter and receiver. A promising way to significantly meet the demands of datacenter transmission is polarization division multiplexing intensity modulation with direct detection (PDM-IM-DD) using a Stokes vector receiver (SVR). However, for different SVR architectures, the corresponding demultiplexing matrix is required to recover the Stokes vectors from the detected signals, which are combined with an arbitrary state of polarization (SOP), will change the effect of noise dynamically and significantly influence the system performance. In this study, PDM-IM signals using four SVRs, i.e., a 90° optical hybrid with 2 balanced photodetectors (BPDs) and 2 photodetectors (PDs), a 90° optical hybrid with 4 PDs, a Stokes analyzer and a 3 × 3 coupler with 4 PDs, are studied theoretically and numerically. Theoretical system models using the four SVRs are developed, and the noise power variations are analyzed quantitatively based on these models. Moreover, the performance of the systems is also investigated for 224 Gbit/s polarization division multiplexing pulse amplitude modulation 4 level with direct detection (PDM-PAM4-DD) transmission in a simulation. The simulation results show that the bit error rate (BER) performance of the systems is consistent with the theoretical noise power variation curves. The theoretical analysis scheme is helpful for the practical design of SVR-based systems.
KW - direct detection
KW - PAM4
KW - polarization division multiplexing
KW - short-reach optical communications
KW - Stokes vector
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U2 - 10.1007/s11432-019-2870-8
DO - 10.1007/s11432-019-2870-8
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85091522385
SN - 1674-733X
VL - 63
JO - Science China Information Sciences
JF - Science China Information Sciences
IS - 10
M1 - 202307
ER -