Real-Time Software-Defined Multiformat Transmitter Generating 64QAM at 28 GBd

Author

Schmogrow, R. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Dreschmann, M. ; Huebner, M. ; Winter, M. ; Meyer, J. ; Nebendahl, B. ; Koos, C. ; Becker, J. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.

Author_Institution

Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

Volume

22

Issue

21

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1601

Lastpage

1603

Abstract

We demonstrate a software-defined real-time optical multiformat transmitter. Here, eight different modulation formats are shown. Data rate and modulation formats are defined through software accessible look-up tables enabling format switching in the nanosecond regime without changing the transmitter hardware. No data are lost during the switching process. SP-64 quadrature amplitude modulation at 28 Gbd has been generated and tested. This allows us to generate a 336-Gb/s real-time pseudorandom bit sequence in a dual polarization setup.

Keywords

optical modulation; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; 64QAM; data rate; modulation formats; real-time software-defined multiformat transmitter; Bit error rate; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Real time systems; Advanced modulation formats; field-programmable gate array (FPGA); real-time; software defined transmitter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2073698

Filename

5565408