Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 5, 050602(2025)

Multiplier-free QPSK phase recovery for coherent intersatellite optical wireless communication

Yanhao Chen, Qianwu Zhang*, Yuanzhe Qu, Kun Chen, Zhengjun Xu, Yingchun Li, Jian Chen, and Junjie Zhang**
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  • Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    Overall algorithmic process.
    Constellation-correcting of QPSK signal.
    Simulation and experimental framework. OBPF, optical band-pass filter.
    Integrated coherent optical platform.
    Impact of tracking step on BER.
    Phase tracking performance of the V&V algorithm (left).
    Phase tracking performance of the proposed algorithm (right).
    BER performance versus different smooth symbol numbers.
    BER performance under different smooth filters and tracking steps (Eb/N0 = 8 dB).
    Impact of delay on the system BER performance.
    Phase tracking performance of the proposed method.
    • Table 1. Key System Parameters

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      Table 1. Key System Parameters

      ParameterValue
      Code patternPRBS 15
      Modulation formatQPSK
      Symbol rate2.5 G Symbols/s
      Low-pass filter (LPF) bandwidth (3 dB)4360 MHz
      ADC sample rate10 GS/s
      ADC resolution8 bit
      Wavelength1540.56 nm
      Tx or Rx external cavity laser (ECL) power10 dBm
      Tx or Rx ECL linewidth≤ 10 kHz
      EDFA noise figure4 dB
      Simulation residual frequency200 kHz
      Simulation symbol numbers30,000,000 symbols
    • Table 2. Computational Load Comparison

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      Table 2. Computational Load Comparison

      AlgorithmReal multiplierReal adderSimple adder
      V&V8N6N−10
      Ref. [16]013N−10
      Ref. [19]02N−10
      Proposed0NN−1
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    Yanhao Chen, Qianwu Zhang, Yuanzhe Qu, Kun Chen, Zhengjun Xu, Yingchun Li, Jian Chen, Junjie Zhang, "Multiplier-free QPSK phase recovery for coherent intersatellite optical wireless communication," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 050602 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Aug. 1, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 6, 2024

    Published Online: May. 9, 2025

    The Author Email: Qianwu Zhang (zhangqianwu@shu.edu.cn), Junjie Zhang (zjj@staff.shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202523.050602

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.050602

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