Title :
High-speed DQPSK transmitter using a monolithically integrated quad Mach-Zehnder IQ modulator driven at quarter bit-rate
Author :
Lu, Guo-Wei ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya ; Ichikawa, Junichiro ; Higuma, Kaoru ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT)
Abstract :
A DQPSK transmitter is demonstrated using a quad-MZ IQ modulator with four sub-MZMs operating at a quarter of bit rate. It effectively reduces the requirements for electronic components.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; quadrature phase shift keying; transmitters; DQPSK transmitter; differential quadrature phase shift keying; electronic components; quad Mach-Zehnder in-phase/quadrature modulator; quarter bit-rate; Bit rate; Electronic components; High speed optical techniques; Interleaved codes; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729566
