Title :
Digital coherent detection of multi-gigabit 16-QAM signals at 40 GHz carrier frequency using photonic downconversion
Author :
Caballero, A. ; Zibar, D. ; Monroy, I. Tafur
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate detection of multi-gigabit 16-QAM modulated signals, of up to 4 Gb/s, at a 40 GHz carrier frequency by combining photonic downconversion and low bandwidth electronics.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Demodulation; High speed optical techniques; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Radio frequency; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
