PAM-8 IM/DD Transmission Based on Modified Lookup Table Nonlinear Predistortion

Jiao Zhang, Pengqi Gou, Miao Kong, Kaibo Fang, Jiangnan Xiao, Qi Zhang, Xiangjun Xin, Jianjun Yu*

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Abstract

In this paper, a modified lookup table (LUT) nonlinear predistortion method is proposed. With the modified LUT method, the number of patterns and the computational complexity can be reduced by half with a similar system performance comparing with normal LUT. We experimentally demonstrate an 8-ary pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-8) intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) transmission over 15-km fiber using a directly modulated laser (DML) based on modified LUT. Around 1-dB receiver sensitivity improvement at bit-error ratio of 3.8 × 10-3 is achieved by adopting a modified LUT over 15-km fiber transmission at 2 Gbaud based on a commercial DML. In addition, we also experimentally demonstrate Mach-Zehnder modulator based 40 Gbaud PAM-8 IM/DD transmission under back-to-back case, about 1-dB receiver sensitivity can also be improved.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7903709
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)
  • intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD)
  • look-up table (LUT) nonlinear pre-distortion

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Zhang, J., Gou, P., Kong, M., Fang, K., Xiao, J., Zhang, Q., Xin, X., & Yu, J. (2018). PAM-8 IM/DD Transmission Based on Modified Lookup Table Nonlinear Predistortion. IEEE Photonics Journal, 10(3), Article 7903709. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2828869