• DocumentCode
    1578405
  • Title

    Experimental demonstration of 16-QAM transmission with a single dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator

  • Author

    Nakamura, Moriya ; Kamio, Yukiyoshi ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Koganei, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    10-Gbit/s 16-QAM transmission over 160 km with a single dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator was experimentally demonstrated. We achieved BER <; 10-9 in a BtB condition and <; 10-7 after the transmission. Electronic pre-equalization was employed to suppress signal distortion.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM transmission; electronic preequalization; optical fiber; signal distortion suppression; single dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator; Adaptive optics; Modulation; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875091
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1578405