• DocumentCode
    3566487
  • Title

    16-QAM modulation by polar coordinate transformation with a single dual drive Mach-Zehnder Modulator

  • Author

    Kametani, Soichiro ; Sugihara, Takashi ; Mizuochi, Takashi

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    16-QAM modulation by a single dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator with minimum drive voltage employing polar coordinate transformation instead of a vector I/Q modulator was demonstrated. Clear signal separation was observed with 6-bit DAC resolution.
  • Keywords
    quadrature amplitude modulation; source separation; DAC resolution; QAM modulation; polar coordinate transformation; signal separation; vector I/Q modulator; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Signal generators; Table lookup; Voltage; (060.4080) Modulatio; (060.4510) Optical communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032891