We experimentally demonstrate the impact of equalization-enhanced phase noise (EEPN) on the performance of 56 Gbaud dual-polarization (DP) QPSK long haul transmission systems. Although EEPN adds additional noise to the received symbols, we show that this reduces the phase variance introduced by the LO laser, and therefore should be considered when designing the carrier phase recovery (CPR) algorithms and estimating system performance. Further, we experimentally demonstrate the performance degradation caused by EEPN when a LO laser with a large linewidth is used at the receiver. When using a 2.6 MHz linewidth distributed feedback (DFB) laser instead of a ~100 kHz linewidth external-cavity laser (ECL) as a LO, the transmission distance is reduced from 4160 km to 2640 km due to EEPN. We also confirm the reduction of the phase variance of the received symbols for longer transmission distances showing its impact on the CPR algorithm optimization when a DFB laser is used at the receiver. Finally, the relationship between the EEPN-induced penalty versus the signal baud rate and the LO laser linewidth is experimentally evaluated, and numerically validated by simulations.

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J. Lightwave Technol.

• M. G. Taylor, “Phase estimation methods for optical coherent detection using digital signal processing,” J. Lightwave Technol.27(7), 901–914 (2009). [CrossRef]
• T. Pfau, S. Hoffmann, and R. Noe, “Hardware-efficient coherent digital receiver concept with feedforward carrier recovery for M-QAM constellations,” J. Lightwave Technol.27(8), 989–999 (2009). [CrossRef]
• G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, and M. Secondini, “Impact of phase noise and compensation techniques in coherent optical systems,” J. Lightwave Technol.29(18), 2790–2800 (2011). [CrossRef]
• X. Chen, A. Al Amin, and W. Shieh, “Characterization and monitoring of laser linewidths in coherent systems,” J. Lightwave Technol.29(17), 2533–2537 (2011). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• W. Shieh and K.-P. Ho, “Equalization-enhanced phase noise for coherent-detection systems using electronic digital signal processing,” Opt. Express16(20), 15718–15727 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• A. P. T. Lau, T. S. R. Shen, W. Shieh, and K.-P. Ho, “Equalization-enhanced phase noise for 100 Gb/s transmission and beyond with coherent detection,” Opt. Express18(16), 17239–17251 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

• S. Oda, C. Ohshima, T. Tanaka, T. Tanimura, H. Nakashima, N. Koizumi, T. Hoshida, H. Zhang, Z. Tao, and J. C. Rasmussen, “Interplay between local oscillator phase noise and electrical chromatic dispersion compensation in digital coherent transmission system,” in Proc. ECOC'10, Paper. Mo.1.C.2.
• M. Salsi, O. Bertran-Pardo, J. Renaudier, W. Idler, H. Mardoyan, P. Tran, G. Charlet, and S. Bigo, “WDM 200Gb/s single-carrier PDM-QPSK transmission over 12,000km,” in Proc. ECOC'11, Paper. Th.13.C.5.
• P. J. Winzer, A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, M. Schnecker, and P. J. Pupalaikis, “56-Gbaud PDM-QPSK: coherent detection and 2,500-km transmission,” in Proc. ECOC'09, Paper. PD2.7.
• C. Xie, “Local oscillator phase noise induced penalties in optical coherent detection systems using electronic chromatic dispersion compensation,” in Proc. OFC'09, Paper. OMT4.
• Q. Zhuge, B. Châtelain, C. Chen, and D. V. Plant, “Mitigation of equalization-enhanced phase noise using reduced-guard-interval CO-OFDM,” in Proc. ECOC'11 Paper. Th.11.B.5.
• Q. Zhuge, M. E. Pasandi, X. Xu, B. Châtelain, Z. Pan, M. Osman, and D. V. Plant, “Linewidth-tolerant low complexity pilot-aided carrier phase recovery for M-QAM using superscalar parallelization,” in Proc. OFC'12, Paper. OTu2G.2.
• K. Kikuchi and K. Igarashi, “Characterization of semiconductor-laser phase noise with digital coherent receivers,” in Proc. OFC'11, Paper. OML3.

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