An Optical Labeling Scheme with Novel DPSK/PPM Orthogonal Modulation

A novel differential-phase-shift-keying (DPSK)/pulse-position-modulation (PPM) orthogonal modulation is proposed for optical labeling applications, with PPM data as the high-speed payload and DPSK signal as the optical label. The systematic setup for the proposed scheme and research on bit-error rate is presented. The results show that at the bit-error rate of 10^-9, the power penalties for 70 km fiber transmission are in the range of 1-3 dB to DPSK label and 5-6 dB to PPM payload in our simulation system. This is under the condition that the large extinction ratio of 18-19 dB is used for the intensity modulators of the PPM payload, with a well received DPSK label. Thus the feasibility of the proposed scheme for all optical transmission networks is clearly verified.