• DocumentCode
    670930
  • Title

    DAC enabled spectrally efficient CP-QPSK at 28Gbaud

  • Author

    Duthel, Thomas ; Raabe, Christian ; Hermann, Peter ; Whiteaway, J.E.A. ; Geyer, J.C. ; Fludger, C.R.S. ; Kupfer, Theo

  • Author_Institution
    Cisco Opt. GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present channel spacing measurements on a 28Gbaud CP-QPSK transmitter applying Nyquist-like signal shaping without using optical filters. This is enabled by a single sample per symbol digital-to-analog converter in combination with strong analog electrical filtering. OSNR performance is evaluated against a commercial real-time receiver.
  • Keywords
    digital-analogue conversion; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; CP-QPSK transmitter; DAC; Nyquist-like signal shaping; OSNR performance; analog electrical filtering; channel spacing measurements; digital-to-analog converter; optical filters; real-time receiver; spectrally efficient CP-QPSK; Finite impulse response filters; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical variables measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706191