Title :
16-QAM modulation by polar coordinate transformation with a single dual drive Mach-Zehnder Modulator
Author :
Kametani, Soichiro ; Sugihara, Takashi ; Mizuochi, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura
Abstract :
16-QAM modulation by a single dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator with minimum drive voltage employing polar coordinate transformation instead of a vector I/Q modulator was demonstrated. Clear signal separation was observed with 6-bit DAC resolution.
Keywords :
quadrature amplitude modulation; source separation; DAC resolution; QAM modulation; polar coordinate transformation; signal separation; vector I/Q modulator; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Signal generators; Table lookup; Voltage; (060.4080) Modulatio; (060.4510) Optical communications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
