Title :
Modulation-format-free bias control technique for MZ modulator based on differential phasor monitor
Author :
Choi, H.G. ; Takushima, Y. ; Choi, H.Y. ; Chang, J.H. ; Chung, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We propose a novel bias control technique based on the differential phasor monitor for the LiNbO3 modulator. For demonstrations, the proposed bias control technique was used for 20-Gb/s QPSK and 43-Gb/s 16-QAM signals.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; modulators; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; LiNbO3; MZ modulator; QAM signal; QPSK; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; differential phasor monitor; modulation format free bias control technique; Bit error rate; Measurement uncertainty; Monitoring; Phase shift keying; Voltage control; Voltage measurement;
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
