32 Gbaud QPSK and 16QAM field trial transmission over 560 km with GaAs IQ modulator for hybrid integration over SOI photonic circuits

Author

Pagano, Annachiara ; Riccardi, Emilio ; Roccato, Diego ; Lazarou, I. ; Dris, Stefanos ; Bakopoulos, Paraskevas ; Avramopoulos, H. ; O´Keefe, Matthew ; Nogueira, Rogerio ; Drummond, Miguel

Author_Institution

Transp. Innovation, Telecom Italia, Turin, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

12-14 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

32 Gbaud QPSK and 16QAM field trial transmission over 560 km Telecom Italia´s metro domestic network, in a realistic multi-vendor environment with legacy channels, has been performed using the first SOI-compatible GaAs IQ-modulator developed within the EU project GALACTICO.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; 16QAM field trial transmission; EU project GALACTlCO; GaAs; IQ modulator; QPSK; SOl photonic circuits; Telecom Italia metro domestic network; distance 560 km; hybrid integration; multivendor environment; Bit error rate; Gallium arsenide; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Wavelength division multiplexing; Digital modulation; Gallium arsenide; Optical fiber communication; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Technologies, 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on

Conference_Location

Naples

Print_ISBN

978-8-8872-3718-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843821

Filename

6843821