Title : 
Auto Bias Control technique for optical 16-QAM transmitter with asymmetric bias dithering
         
        
            Author : 
Kawakami, Hiroto ; Kobayashi, Takayuki ; Yoshida, Eiji ; Miyamoto, Yutaka
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
ABC (Auto Bias Control) technique for QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) transmitter is demonstrated. 16-QAM (10G baud) is generated and controlled using a single IQ modulator and asymmetric bias dithering technique. Measured penalty is 0.3dB.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical modulation; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; telecommunication control; asymmetric bias dithering technique; autobias control technique; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; optical 16-QAM transmitter; quadrature amplitude modulation; single IQ modulator; Optical amplifiers; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Geneva
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1918-9