Hilbert superposition and modified signal-to-signal beating interference cancellation for single side-band optical...

We propose a Hilbert superposition and modified signal-to-signal beating interference (SSBI) cancellation scheme in an optical single side-band (SSB) modulation and direct-detection system. The optical SSB signal is generated by a relatively low-cost dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DDMZM). The two driving signals are a pair of Hilbert signals with Nyquist pulse-shaped four-level pulse amplitude modulation (NPAM-4). In addition to the transmitted baseband signal, both its Hilbert transform and the SSBI can also be detected by direct-detection, which introduce the interference to the transmitted signal. We use the first-stage Hilbert superposition cancellation (HSC) to cancel the unwanted Hilbert transform signal and a modified single-stage linearization filter which contains the second-stage HSC to deduct the SSBI in the receiver. We experimentally demonstrate that 40 Gb/s optical SSB NPAM-4 signal transmission over 80 km standard single mode fiber (SSMF).