Title :
A new multi-purpose optical transmitter for higher-order QAM generation
Author :
Hyeon Yeong Choi ; Tsuritani, Takehiro ; Morita, Itsuro
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs., Fujimino, Japan
Abstract :
We present a versatile optical transmitter composed of tandem I/Q modulators driven by electrical binary signals. This transmitter is able to simply generate higher-order QAM formats (from BPSK up to 64QAM) without hardware modification.
Keywords :
optical modulation; optical transmitters; phase shift keying; quadrature amplitude modulation; 64QAM; BPSK; electrical binary signals; higher-order QAM formats; higher-order QAM generation; multipurpose optical transmitter; tandem I/Q modulators; versatile optical transmitter; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
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
