Title :
Experimental demonstration of ultra-low-power single polarization 56 Gb/s QAM-16 generation without DAC using CMOS photonics
Author :
Shastri, Anujit ; Webster, Mark ; Jeans, Gregg ; Metz, Peter ; Sunder, Sanjay ; Chattin, Bill ; Dama, Bipin ; Shastri, Kalpendu
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate back-to-back transmission of QAM-16 at 56 Gb/s over a single polarization, representing a dual polarization system link of 112 Gb/s, without using an electrical DAC, on a CMOS Photonics platform.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; light polarisation; optical links; quadrature amplitude modulation; CMOS photonics; CMOS photonics platform; QAM-16 generation; back-to-back transmission; bit rate 56 Gbit/s to 112 Gbit/s; dual polarization system link; ultra-low-power single polarization; CMOS integrated circuits; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964275
