提出了一种新的基于快速哈特莱变换(FHT)的翻转光正交频分复用(OFDM)方案(Flip-FHT)。快速哈特莱变换为实三角变换,当用其处理傅里叶变换时,输入信号不需要厄米对称性。同时,与传统的基于快速傅里叶变换(FFT)的非对称限幅光OFDM(ACO-OFDM)中只有奇数子载波携带信息符号不同,该方案由于翻转了实双极信号的负数部分,使得偶数子载波也可以携带信息符号,故该方案适用于强度调制/直接检测(IM/DD)光无线通信(OWC)系统。与ACO-OFDM相比,Flip-FHT的频谱效率提高了1倍,计算复杂度在接收端降低了50%。仿真结果表明,与采用4QAM和16QAM(正交幅度调制)的ACO-OFDM相比,采用BPSK(二进制相移键控)和4PAM(脉冲幅度调制)的Flip-FHT可以在系统结构更简单、星座尺寸更小的情况下获得相同的性能。

We propose a blind quadrature imbalance (QI) compensation algorithm based on the statistical properties of I and Q signals in a receiver. The algorithm estimates the QI parameters of a receiver by calculating the mean, variance, and correlation coefficient of I and Q components. Then, the estimated imbalance parameters are adopted to compensate for the QI in the receiver. Simulation results show that the Q factor is considerably optimized by the application of the QI compensation algorithm in an 80-Gb/s Pol-Mux coherent optical quadrature phase-shift keying (CO-QPSK) system. Compared with conventional algorithms, the proposed algorithm exhibits better performance when the phase deviation from QI exceeds +-15o.

The optimized optical phase conjugation (OPC) configuration is proposed for the 40-Gb/s CO-OFDM system. The proposed configuration for nonlinear cancellation is systematically depicted in transmission links with lumped amplification. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate effectiveness. Simulation results show that mid-span spectral inversion (MSSI) can partially compensate for nonlinear distortions. Moreover, its optimized configuration can further improve system performances and increase nonlinear compensation effectiveness. Compared with MSSI, the maximal Q factor, nonlinear threshold, and transmission distance of optimized OPC configuration increase by over 1.6 dB, 2 dB, and 2 times, respectively.