Title :
DQPSK/QPSK modulation at 40–60 Gb/s using low-loss nested silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Goi, Kazuhiro ; Kusaka, Hiroyuki ; Oka, Akira ; Terada, Yuki ; Ogawa, Koichi ; Tsung-Yang Liow ; Xiaoguang Tu ; Guo-Qiang Lo ; Dim-Lee Kwong
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Sakura, Japan
Abstract :
44.6-Gb/s DQPSK and 50-to-64 Gb/s QPSK modulation are demonstrated using low-loss nested Silicon MZ modulator with fiber-to-fiber loss of 10dB. Dispersion tolerance of +/-80 ps/nm is observed in the DQPSK transmission.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; elemental semiconductors; optical communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon; DQPSK transmission; DQPSK-QPSK modulation; bit rate 40 Gbit/s to 64 Gbit/s; dispersion tolerance; fiber-to-fiber loss; low-loss nested silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator; Bit error rate; Optical fibers; Phase shift keying; Phase shifters; Silicon;
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
