Title: Coherent Optical Systems: Principles, Contemporary Implementations and Future Challenges for High Data Rate Communication
VOLUME: 5 ISSUE: 1
Author(s):Abid Munir, Xin Xiangjun, Liu Bo, Ashiq Hussain, Abdul Latif and Aftab Hussain
Affiliation:School of Electronics. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China.
Keywords:Polarization diversity, phase diversity, polarization multiplexing, chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion, adaptive equalization, photonic integrated circuits
Abstract: This paper is a tutorial review for coherent optical communication with emphasis on digital coherent receivers because digital coherent optical receivers are promising solution for next generation optical communication systems. In this paper, principles of coherent communication has been reviewed along with its advantages and prospective modulation formats to achieve 111 Gbps. Digital coherent receivers and their signal processing modules have been reviewed in the light of recent publications and patents. In the end, realization challenges have been addressed from circuit and signal processing point of view.
