• DocumentCode
    608384
  • Title

    QAM synthesis by direct modulation of semiconductor lasers under injection locking

  • Author

    Slavik, R. ; Kakande, J. ; Phelan, R. ; O´Carroll, J. ; Kelly, B. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    ORC, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A new scheme for direct synthesis of QAM (4,16,64,..) from binary RF data streams is suggested and tested by generating 10 Gbaud QPSK. Current semiconductor lasers should allow for operation up to 160 Gbaud.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; semiconductor lasers; QAM direct synthesis; QPSK; binary RF data streams; coherent optical communications; injection locking; semiconductor lasers direct modulation; Binary phase shift keying; Optical fibers; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532524