Title :
80 Gb/s PDM 16QAM generation by polarization-multiplexing QPSK modulator
Author :
Morohashi, Isao ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Sudo, Masaaki ; Kanno, Atsushi ; Chiba, Akito ; Ichikawa, Junichiro ; Hosako, Iwao ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate generation of 80 Gb/s polarization division multiplexed (PDM) 16QAM signals. 16QAM signals were generated by a polarization-multiplexing QPSK modulator with polarization angular superposition, and PDM-16QAM signals were transmitted over 20 km single-mode fibers.
Keywords :
optical fibre polarisation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; PDM 16QAM generation; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; distance 20 km; polarization angular superposition; polarization division multiplexing; polarization-multiplexing QPSK modulator; single-mode fibers; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110775
