Neil Guerrero Gonzalez

Chromatic Dispersion Estimation in Digital Coherent Receivers

Polarization-diverse coherent demodulation allows to compensate large values of accumulated linear distortion by digital signal processing. In particular, in uncompensated links without optical dispersion compensation, the parameter of the residual chromatic dispersion (CD) is vital to set the according digital filtering function. We present different non-data-aided (blind) CD estimation methods for single-carrier transmission under implementation constraint conditions such as bandwidth limitation and sampling rate. The estimation performance for various modulation formats is compared with respect to precision and robustness for a wide range of combined channel impairments.

3.125 Gb/s Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband Photonic Generation and Distribution Over a 50 km Fiber With Wireless Transmission

A 3.125 Gb/s photonic impulse radio ultra-wideband signal is created using the incoherent optical field summation resulting from the cross gain modulation of an uncooled distributed feedback laser injected with an external cavity laser. After 50 km of fiber and wireless transmission over 2.9-3.3-m, successful detection using a digital signal processing receiver is achieved.

Cognitive digital receiver for burst mode phase modulated radio over fiber links

A novel cognitive receiver for modulation format recognition with reconfigurable carrier recovery scheme is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for phase modulated radio-over-fibre links. Demodulation of burst-mode mixed modulation formats (PSK and QAM) is demonstrated after 40km of transmission.

Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Amplitude and Phase Noise Characterization

In this paper, tools from machine learning community, such as Bayesian filtering and expectation maximization parameter estimation, are presented and employed for laser amplitude and phase noise characterization. We show that phase noise estimation based on Bayesian filtering outperforms conventional time-domain approach in the presence of moderate measurement noise. Additionally, carrier synchronization based on Bayesian filtering, in combination with expectation maximization, is demonstrated for the first time experimentally.

Cognitive Heterogeneous Reconfigurable Optical Networks (CHRON): Enabling technologies and techniques

We present the approach of cognition applied to heterogeneous optical networks developed in the framework of the EU project CHRON: Cognitive Heterogeneous Reconfigurable Optical Network. We introduce and discuss in particular the technologies and techniques that will enable a cognitive optical network to observe, act, learn and optimizes its performance, taking into account its high degree of heterogeneity with respect to quality of service, transmission and switching techniques.

Fast and robust CD and DGD estimation based on data-aided channel estimation

In this paper data-aided (DA) frequency domain (FD) channel estimation in a 2×2 multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) system is investigated. Using orthogonal training sequences, fast and robust CD and DGD estimation is demonstrated for a 112 Gbit/s PDM-QPSK system over a wide range of combined linear channel impairments.

Global WSS-based equalization strategies for SDN metropolitan mesh optical networks

We experimentally demonstrate the benefits of global (end-to-end) WSS-based spectrum equalization for multiple ROADMs in cascade. We introduce three equalization strategies to enable OSNR enhancement in a SDN metropolitan mesh optical network test-bed with 80 × 128 Gb/s.

Experimental 2.5-Gb/s QPSK WDM Phase-Modulated Radio-Over-Fiber Link With Digital Demodulation by a

Highest reported bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s for optically phase-modulated radio-over-fiber (RoF) link, employing digital coherent detection, is demonstrated. Demodulation of 3×2.5 Gb/s quadrature phase-shift-keying modulated wavelength-division-multiplexed RoF channels is achieved after 79 km of transmission through deployed fiber. Error-free performance (bit-error rate corresponding to 10-4) is achieved using a digital coherent receiver in combination with a K-means algorithm for radio-frequency phase recovery.

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The flexibility and elasticity of the spectrum is an important topic today. As the capacity of deployed fiber-optic systems is becoming scarce, it is vital to shift towards solutions ensuring higher spectral efficiency. Working in this direction, we report an extensive experimental study on adaptive allocation of superchannels in spectrum-flexible heterogeneous optical network. In total, three superchannels were transmitted. Two 5-subcarrier 14-GHz-spaced, 14 Gbaud, polarization-division-multiplexed (PDM) quadrature-phase-shift-keyed (QPSK) superchannels were separated by a spectral gap, the band of interest (BOI). The bandwidth of the BOI was varied. The BOI was subsequently filled with another superchannel, constituted by a different number of either 14 Gbaud PDM-QPSK or PDM-16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM) subcarriers. The optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) for transmission of the subcarriers inserted into the BOI, depending on the modulation format, subcarrier count and spacing to the neighboring superchannels, was extracted through experimental implementation of different scenarios. The obtained values were interpolated to yield the required OSNR necessary to maintain a 1×10-3 bit error rate of the central BOI subcarrier. The results provide a rule of thumb that can be exploited in resource allocation mechanisms of future spectrum-flexible optical networks.

-Means Algorithm

Employing a known training sequence robust and precise PDL and OSNR monitoring is demonstrated over a wide range of combined distortions. The proposed in-service monitoring technique is insensitive to CD, PMD and SOP rotation.