Title :
16-QAM transmitter using monolithically integrated quad Mach-Zehnder IQ modulator
Author :
Lu, Guo-Wei ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Chiba, Akito ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya ; Higuma, Kaoru ; Sudo, Masaaki ; Ichikawa, Junichiro
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an optical 16-QAM transmitter using a monolithically integrated quad-Mach-Zehnder in-phase/quadrature (QMZ-IQ) modulator with binary driving electronics.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM transmitter; in-phase-quadrature modulator; monolithically integrated quad Mach-Zehnder modulator; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621519
