Title :
1650-km transmission of 50-Gb/s NRZ and RZ-DQPSK signals generated using an electroabsorption modulators-silica planar lightwave circuit hybrid integrated device
Author :
Kang, I. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Kazmierski, C. ; Rasras, M. ; Dupuis, N.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate long-haul transmission of 50-Gb/s RZ and NRZ-DQPSK signals generated using an electroabsorption-based optical vector modulator. Transmission over 1650 km is achieved with less than 1.2 dB OSNR penalty relative to back-to-back performance.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; optical fibre networks; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon compounds; NRZ-DQPSK; OSNR penalty; RZ-DQPSK; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; electroabsorption modulators; hybrid integrated device; long-haul transmission; optical vector modulator; silica planar lightwave circuit; Circuits; Hybrid power systems; Optical arrays; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Quadrature phase shift keying; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
