Title :
Electro-optic synthesis of 8PSK by quad-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Sakamoto, Takahide ; Chiba, Akito ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei
Abstract :
We propose a method to synthesize optical 8PSK with linear phasor trajectory by using a quad-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator, where BPSK signals are linearly superposed to form 8PSK. Modulation and demodulation of 30-Gb/s 8PSK are demonstrated.
Keywords :
demodulation; electro-optical modulation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; phase shift keying; BPSK signals; bit rate 30 Gbit/s; demodulation; electro-optic synthesis; linear phasor trajectory; linear superposition; optical PSK modulation; quad-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Signal synthesis; (060.1660) Coherent communications;; (230.4110) Modulators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
