Performance Analysis of Laser Phase Noise Compensated COOFDM System

Abstract

AbstractOrthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing along with the coherent detection and spectrally efficient modulation formats is a promising solution for long haul and high speed communication systems. Although they offer significant advantages which make them suitable for high speed and long haul communication systems they all are susceptible to phase noise. In this paper a combination of RF-pilot-based approach followed by pilot-based equalization approach is used for laser phase noise compensation. The various parameters such as drive voltage, bias voltage and extinction ratio are optimized to get the optimum performance from the proposed scheme. The designed system is then analyzed in terms of Symbol Error Rate (SER), constellation diagrams and error vector magnitude using various types of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) formats.