Title :
Bandwidth scalable, coherent transmitter based on parallel synthesis of multiple spectral slices
Author :
Geisler, David J. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Scott, Ryan P. ; He, Tingting ; Paraschis, Loukas ; Gerstel, Ori ; Heritage, Jonathan P. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a bandwidth-scalable, coherent optical transmitter based on the parallel synthesis of multiple spectral slices. As a proof-of-principle, two spectral slice, 6-ns DPSK and QPSK waveforms at 12 Gsymbols/s are generated and measured.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; DPSK waveforms; QPSK waveforms; bandwidth-scalable transmitter; coherent transmitter; multiple spectral slices; parallel synthesis; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Differential phase shift keying; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying;
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
