Title :
40 GBd 16QAM modulation at 160 Gbit/s in a silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) modulator
Author :
Lauermann, M. ; Schindler, Philipp C. ; Wolf, Stefan ; Palmer, R. ; Koeber, S. ; Korn, D. ; Alloatti, L. ; Wahlbrink, Thorsten ; Bolten, Jens ; Waldow, M. ; Koenigsmann, Michael ; Kohler, Mark ; Malsam, Dimitri ; Elder, D.L. ; Johnston, Peter ; Phillips-S
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate 16QAM and QPSK modulation at symbol rates of 40 GBd and 45 GBd using a silicon-based IQ modulator. The device enables data rates up to 160 Gbit/s in a single polarization with an estimated energy consumption of 120fJ/bit.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon; 16QAM modulation; QPSK modulation; Si; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; energy consumption; silicon-based IQ modulator; silicon-organic hybrid modulator; single polarization; Bit error rate; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical modulation; Phase shift keying; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964091
