Title :
Reconfigurable optical 8-ary transmitter based on arbitrary 2-QAM for generating 8PSK and 8QAM
Author :
Guo-Wei Lu ; Sakamoto, Takanori ; Kawanishi, Tetsuyas
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
Arbitrary 2-QAM is proposed and experimentally demonstrated using an under-driven IQ modulator. By cascading a standard QPSK modulator and a constant-amplitude or non-constant-amplitude 2-QAM, an optical 8PSK or 8QAM could be synthesized, respectively.
Keywords :
optical modulation; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; arbitrary 2-QAM; constant-amplitude 2-QAM; nonconstant-amplitude 2-QAM; optical 8PSK; optical 8QAM; reconfigurable optical 8-ary transmitter; standard QPSK modulator; under-driven IQ modulator; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
