Title :
Generation of 21.3 Gbaud 8PSK signal using an SOA-based all-optical phase modulator
Author :
Dailey, J.M. ; Webb, R.P. ; Manning, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel SOA-based all-optical π/4 phase modulator producing 21.3 Gbaud 8PSK from 21.3 Gbit/s OOK and 21.3 Gbaud QPSK inputs. Coherent detection-based bit error rate measurements indicate a 2.4 dB excess penalty.
Keywords :
optical modulation; phase shift keying; service-oriented architecture; 8PSK signal; OOK; QPSK inputs; SOA-based all-optical phase modulator; bit rate 21.3 Gbit/s; coherent detection-based bit error rate measurements; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
