Title :
32 Gbaud QPSK and 16QAM field trial transmission over 560 km with GaAs IQ modulator for hybrid integration over SOI photonic circuits
Author :
Pagano, Annachiara ; Riccardi, Emilio ; Roccato, Diego ; Lazarou, I. ; Dris, Stefanos ; Bakopoulos, Paraskevas ; Avramopoulos, H. ; O´Keefe, Matthew ; Nogueira, Rogerio ; Drummond, Miguel
Author_Institution :
Transp. Innovation, Telecom Italia, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
32 Gbaud QPSK and 16QAM field trial transmission over 560 km Telecom Italia´s metro domestic network, in a realistic multi-vendor environment with legacy channels, has been performed using the first SOI-compatible GaAs IQ-modulator developed within the EU project GALACTICO.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; 16QAM field trial transmission; EU project GALACTlCO; GaAs; IQ modulator; QPSK; SOl photonic circuits; Telecom Italia metro domestic network; distance 560 km; hybrid integration; multivendor environment; Bit error rate; Gallium arsenide; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Wavelength division multiplexing; Digital modulation; Gallium arsenide; Optical fiber communication; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Technologies, 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Naples
Print_ISBN :
978-8-8872-3718-4
DOI :
10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843821
