Title :
Generation of 224-Gb/s multicarrier offset-QAM using a real-time transmitter
Author :
Randel, S. ; Corteselli, S. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Sierra, Alberto ; Liu, Xindong ; Winzer, P.J. ; Ellermeyer, T. ; Lutz, Josef ; Schmid, R.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present the first real-time transmitter generating a multicarrier offset-QAM signal at 224 Gb/s after polarization multiplexing. Low penalties are achieved in a back-to-back experiment using a novel FPGA platform including two high-speed DACs running at 32 GS/s.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; multiplexing; optical fibre polarisation; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; DAC; FPGA; bit rate 224 Gbit/s; multicarrier offset-QAM; polarization multiplexing; real-time transmitter; Bit error rate; Connectors; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Field programmable gate arrays; Multiplexing; Optical transmitters; Real-time systems;
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
