Title :
Bandwidth scalable, coherent transmitter based on parallel spectral slice waveform generation
Author :
Geisler, David J. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Scott, Ryan P. ; He, Tingting ; Paraschis, Loukas ; Gerstel, Ori ; Heritage, Jonathan P. ; Ben Yoo, S.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a bandwidth scalable optical transmitter for creating high bandwidth optical signals using parallel low speed electronics. Proof-of-concept 20 GHz spectral width, 100 ns, 10 Gb/s DPSK and 20 Gb/s QPSK waveforms are generated.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; waveform generators; DPSK waveforms; QPSK waveforms; bandwidth scalable transmitter; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; coherent transmitter; frequency 20 GHz; optical signals; optical transmitter; parallel low speed electronics; parallel spectral slice waveform generation; time 100 ns; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Differential phase shift keying; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
