64QAM modulator with a hybrid configuration of silica PLCs and LiNbO3 phase modulators for 100-Gb/s applications

Author

Yamazaki, Hiroshi ; Yamada, Takashi ; Goh, Takashi ; Sakamaki, Yohei ; Kaneko, Akimasa

Author_Institution

Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We demonstrate an optical 64QAM modulator operating at 60 Gb/s (with single polarization). Asymmetric couplers and an array of 12 high-speed phase modulators are integrated with a hybrid configuration of silica PLCs and LiNbO₃ phase modulators.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical arrays; optical couplers; optical fibre communication; phase modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; silicon compounds; LiNbO₃; SiO₂; asymmetric couplers; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 60 Gbit/s; high-speed phase modulators; integrated hybrid configuration; multilevel quadrature amplitude modulation; optical 64QAM modulator; silica PLC; silica-based planar lightwave circuits; High speed optical techniques; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Phased arrays; Programmable control; Quadrature phase shift keying; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5096-1

Type

conf

Filename

5287031