Experimental demonstration of WDM-PON based on probabilistic shaped PAM4 modulation format

Qinghua Xiao, Hailian He, Xinxing Wu, Jialin You, Youxu Zeng, Ze Dong*

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Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a 5 × 50-Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) based on probabilistic shaping (PS) 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) with direct detection. Each optical carrier at the optical line terminal (OLT) carries a 25-Gbaud PS-PAM4 signal according to the near-Gaussian distribution. The spectral efficiency (SE) of the system can be enhanced under the same average power and received power sensitivity (RPS) by employing PS-PAM4 at the optical network units (ONU). A blind feedback pre-equalization (BFP) based on the joint constant modulus algorithm (CMA) and decision-directed least-mean-squares (DD-LMS) is proposed to accurately compensate the signal high frequency loss of the electro-optical components such as DAC, optical modulators and electrical drivers at the OLT. The experimental results show that the proposed WDM-PON over 20 km single mode fiber (SMF) transmission are with 1.44 dB superior receiver sensitivity by employing PS-PAM4 and additional 0.78 dB device linear impairment effect improvement by BFP.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication17th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2018
EditorsZhaohui Li
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510627703
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event17th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2018 - Zhuhai, China
Duration: 16 Nov 201819 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11048
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityZhuhai
Period16/11/1819/11/18

Keywords

  • PAM4
  • WDM-PON
  • blind feedback pre-equalization
  • loss budget
  • probabilistic shaping

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