Title :
Investigation of DGD and delay-line interferometer phase tolerance of integrated receiver module for 86 Gb/s NRZ-DQPSK modulation
Author :
Nielsen, M.L. ; Steffan, A.G. ; Tsianos, G. ; Unterbörsch, G. ; Umbach, A. ; Ludwig, R. ; Boutin, A. ; Fulop, L. ; Verluise, F.
Author_Institution :
u2t Photonics AG, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We investigate the performance of a free-space DLI integrated receiver for 43 Gbaud/s NRZ-DQPSK. The DGD tolerance (1dB penalty) is quantified at 47% of the baudrate, and the DLI phase tolerance (1dB penalty) at plusmn5deg, far exceeding the PDFS.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light polarisation; optical delay lines; quadrature phase shift keying; DGD; NRZ-DQPSK modulation; delay-line interferometer phase tolerance; integrated receiver module; Delay; Demodulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Frequency; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
