Title :
Wavelength-tunable QAM synthesis by direct modulation of injection-locked Fabry-Perot semiconductor lasers
Author :
Slavik, R. ; Kakande, J. ; Phelan, R. ; O´Carroll, J. ; Kelly, B. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
ORC, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
A new scheme for direct and tunable (30nm shown here) QAM synthesis from binary RF data streams is demonstrated with up to 48Gbit/s QPSK, including propagation over 75km SMF-28. Preliminary 16QAM (60Gbit/s) results are shown.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor lasers; Fabry-Perot semiconductor lasers; QPSK; SMF-28; binary RF data streams; bit rate 60 Gbit/s; direct modulation; injection-locked lasers; wavelength-tunable QAM synthesis; Binary phase shift keying; Optical fibers; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Semiconductor lasers;
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
