• DocumentCode
    2849371
  • Title

    16-QAM transmitter using monolithically integrated quad Mach-Zehnder IQ modulator

  • Author

    Lu, Guo-Wei ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Chiba, Akito ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya ; Higuma, Kaoru ; Sudo, Masaaki ; Ichikawa, Junichiro

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Koganei, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate an optical 16-QAM transmitter using a monolithically integrated quad-Mach-Zehnder in-phase/quadrature (QMZ-IQ) modulator with binary driving electronics.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM transmitter; in-phase-quadrature modulator; monolithically integrated quad Mach-Zehnder modulator; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; quadrature amplitude modulation; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621519
  • Filename
    5621519