• DocumentCode
    1585078
  • Title

    28-Gbaud InP square or hexagonal 16-QAM modulator

  • Author

    Doerr, C.R. ; Zhang, L. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Gnauck, A.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a monolithic InP modulator that produces 28-Gbaud (112 Gb/s) square or hexagonal 16-QAM using four integrated amplitude/phase modulators. We achieve bit-error rates of 2.7×10-3 and 3.8×10-3, respectively.
  • Keywords
    quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM modulator; hexagonal 16-QAM; integrated amplitude/phase modulators; monolithic InP modulator; square 16-QAM; Encoding; Integrated optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
  • 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
    5875349