166 Gb/s PDM-NRZ-DPSK modulation using thin-LiNb03-substrate modulator

Author

Kanno, Atsushi ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Chiba, Akito ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Higuma, Kaoru ; Sudo, Masaaki ; Ichikawa, Junichiro

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

21-25 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The modulation of a 166-Gb/s PDM-NRZ-DPSK signal is demonstrated using a thin-LiNbO₃-substrate modulator. The use of a 0.1-mm-thick substrate and a ridge-type waveguide improves the optical response and brings about a reduction in VÂ¿.

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; electro-optical modulation; lithium compounds; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; LiNbO₃; PDM-NRZ-DPSK modulation; bit rate 166 Gbit/s; differential phase shift-keying; nonreturn-to-zero signal; polarization division multiplexing; ridge-type waveguide; size 0.1 mm; thin-LiNbO₃-substrate modulator; Bandwidth; Electrodes; Frequency response; High speed optical techniques; Modulation coding; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Propagation losses; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-884-1

Type

conf

Filename

5465634