16-level optical quadrature amplitude modulation using monolithic quad-parallel Mach-Zehnder optical modulator and signal transmission over 75-km single-mode fiber

Author

Chiba, Akito ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Higuma, Kaoru ; Sudou, Masaaki ; Ichikawa, Junichiro

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

16-21 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrated the transmission of a 10-GBaud, 16-level optical quadrature amplitude modulation signal over a 75-km single mode fiber. The signal was generated by a quad-parallel Mach-Zehnder optical modulator monolithically integrated on a LiNbO₃ substrate.

Keywords

integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; LiNbO₃; distance 75 km; monolithic quadparallel Mach-Zehnder optical modulator; optical quadrature amplitude modulation; single mode fiber; Amplitude modulation; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-890-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-890-2

Type

conf

Filename

5499574