BER performance of MDL-impaired MIMO-SDM systems with finite constellation inputs

Kyle Guan, Peter J. Winzer, Mark Shtaif

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Abstract

We evaluate the effect of mode-dependent loss (MDL) on the bit-error-ratio (BER) performance of optical multiple-input-multiple-output space-division multiplexing (MIMO-SDM) systems using finite signal constellations and maximum likelihood detection. Through analyses and numerical simulations, we study the signal-to-noise-ratio penalty incurred by MDL as a function of various system parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6802440
Pages (from-to)1223-1226
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume26
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2014

Keywords

  • Space-division multiplexing
  • bit-error-ratio
  • mode-dependent loss

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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