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    Area of Science:

    • Optical communications
    • Digital signal processing

    Background:

    • Digital self-coherent detection (DSCD) offers coherent performance in optical receivers without a local oscillator.
    • A key limitation of DSCD is signal reconstruction loss after low-intensity samples, impacting phase tracking.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a cross-polarization DSCD (X-DSCD) scheme to enhance signal reconstruction and mitigate DSCD deficiencies.
    • To analyze the performance of X-DSCD for improved optical communication.

    Main Methods:

    • A diversity approach using two orthogonal polarizations is employed in the X-DSCD scheme.
    • Independent symbol streams are transmitted over each linear polarization.
    • Performance analysis is conducted for two cross-polarized Gaussian signals, supported by simulations.

    Main Results:

    • X-DSCD demonstrates significantly improved signal reconstruction capabilities compared to single-polarization DSCD.
    • The achievable communication rate is doubled by transmitting independent data streams on each polarization.
    • Error performance approaches that of a coherent receiver when coding is introduced.

    Conclusions:

    • X-DSCD effectively mitigates the low-intensity sample problem in DSCD through polarization diversity.
    • The proposed scheme enhances optical receiver performance and doubles data rates.
    • X-DSCD shows potential for achieving near-coherent receiver performance in digital optical communication systems.