Abstract
The exact bit-error rate of 64-quadrature amplitude modulation (64QAM) is derived. By using decision-aided maximum likelihood phase estimation, it is found that 64QAM has almost the same laser linewidth tolerance as 16-phase-shift keying.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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