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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
