80 Gb/s optical quadrature phase shift keying modulation using an integrated LiNbO3 modulator

Author

Fujita, Takahisa ; Higuma, Kaoru ; Mori, Shingo ; Ichikawa, Junichiro ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya ; Izutsu, Masayuki

Author_Institution

New Technol. Res. Labs., Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., Funabashi

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrated 80 Gb/s optical differential quadrature-shift-keying modulation, by using a single-chip integrated LiNbO₃ modulator with two sub Mach-Zehnder interferometers, where 40 Gb/s in-phase and quadrature data were, simultaneously, fed to the modulator.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; lithium compounds; phase modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; LiNbO₃; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; optical differential quadrature phase shift keying modulation; quadrature data; single-chip integrated lithium niobate modulator; sub Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Electrodes; Frequency shift keying; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Modulation coding; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Quadrature phase shift keying; (060.4080) Modulation; (230.4110) Modulators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627660

Filename

4627660