DocumentCode
635788
Title
New planar architectures for optical digital modulators
Author
Cincotti, Gabriella
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Electron., Univ. Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
fYear
2012
fDate
11-14 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
A general method to design planar lightwave circuit (PLC) digital modulators of any order and modulation format is presented, using only star couplers and a reduced number of straight phase modulators (PM) or electro absorption modulators (EAM), with respect to conventional schemes. In addition, no additional phase shifter is required. Detailed design guidelines for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and phase shift keying (PSK) of any order are given.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical planar waveguides; phase shift keying; quadrature amplitude modulation; EAM; PSK; QAM; electroabsorption modulators; modulation format; optical design; optical digital modulators; phase modulators; phase shift keying; planar lightwave circuit; quadrature amplitude modulation; star couplers; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Modulators; advanced modulation formats; planar lighrwave circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Ajaccio
Type
conf
Filename
6608340
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