Title :
Characterization of an integrated coherent receiver for 224 Gb/s polarization multiplexed 16-QAM transmission
Author :
Matiss, Andreas ; Nölle, Markus ; Fischer, Johannes Karl ; Leonhardt, Christoph C. ; Ludwig, Reinhold ; Hilt, Jonas ; Molle, Lutz ; Schmidt-Langhorst, Carsten ; Schubert, Colja
Author_Institution :
u2t Photonics AG, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
An integrated coherent receiver module based on monolithically integrated 90° hybrids and balanced waveguide pin-photodiodes is presented. Optical transmission performance is demonstrated for a 224 Gb/s PDM 16-QAM modulated signal over 250 km ULAF.
Keywords :
optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; quadrature amplitude modulation; ULAF; balanced waveguide pin-photodiodes; bit rate 224 Gbit/s; integrated coherent receiver; optical transmission; polarization multiplexed 16-QAM transmission; ultralarge effective area fiber; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
