Title :
Optical grooming of OOK and DQPSK signals by 8-APSK signal generation in PPLN waveguide
Author :
Pinna, Sergio ; Malacarne, Antonio ; Bogoni, Antonella
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna of Pisa - TeCIP, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
We experimentally implement and characterize a novel integrable and wavelength preserving PPLN-based scheme, for optical grooming of a 20Gbps OOK and a 40Gbps DQPSK signals into a 20Gbaud 8-APSK one. Device performance are evaluated by BER and OSNR penalty measurements.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; error statistics; lithium compounds; optical communication; optical modulation; optical waveguides; quadrature phase shift keying; 8-APSK signal generation; BER; DQPSK; LiNbO3; OOK; OSNR penalty; PPLN waveguide; bit error rate; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; on-off keying; optical grooming; optical signal-to-noise ratio; quadrature phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1609
