Title :
Generation and detection of arbitrary modulation format, coherent optical waveforms scalable to a terahertz
Author :
Geisler, David J. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Scott, Ryan P. ; Paraschis, Loukas ; Gerstel, Ori ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate coherent modulation and demodulation of data on independent subcarriers for increased interoperability. CoWDM waveforms with five 12 GHz subcarriers were generated on six 10 GHz subcarriers and detected on two 30 GHz subcarriers.
Keywords :
optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; CoWDM waveforms; arbitrary modulation format; coherent data demodulation; coherent data modulation; coherent optical waveforms; coherent wavelength division multiplexing; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 12 GHz; frequency 30 GHz; independent subcarriers; Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000077
