Title :
Optical multicasting of a 224Gb/s PM-16QAM signal in a periodically-poled Lithium Niobate waveguide
Author :
Malacarne, Antonio ; Meloni, Gianluca ; Berrettini, G. ; Poti, Luca ; Bogoni, Antonella
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. of Photonic Networks, CNIT, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Polarization independent multicasting is demonstrated in a PPLN. 3-fold and 2-fold wavelength conversion of a 112Gb/s 16QAM and a 224Gb/s PM-16QAM signal respectively, is experimentally achieved with penalties within 2.9dB at BER=10-3.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; multicast communication; optical communication; optical modulation; optical waveguides; quadrature amplitude modulation; BER; LiNbO3; PM-16QAM signal; PPLN; bit error rate; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; bit rate 224 Gbit/s; optical multicasting; periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide; polarization independent multicasting; polarization-multiplexed-quadrature amplitude modulation techniques; three-fold wavelength conversion; two-fold wavelength conversion; Multicast communication; Nonlinear optics; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
