DocumentCode
689083
Title
Demonstration of tunable optical generation of higher-order modulation formats using nonlinearities and coherent frequency comb
Author
Chitgarha, M.R. ; Ziyadi, M. ; Khaleghi, S. ; Almaiman, A. ; Mohajerin-Ariaei, A. ; Gerstel, O. ; Paraschis, L. ; Langrock, C. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Touch, J.D. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution
Ming Hsieh Dept. of Elec. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate the generation of optical 16-QAM and 64-QAM at EVM 6.8% and 6.4% respectively using nonlinearities and coherent frequency comb. We also demonstrated a successful transmission through 80-km SMF-28 after compensating with 20-km DCF with negligible penalty.
Keywords
optical harmonic generation; optical tuning; quadrature amplitude modulation; DCF; SMF-28 transmission; coherent frequency comb; distance 80 km to 20 km; higher-order modulation formats; nonlinearities; optical 16-QAM; optical 64-QAM; tunable optical generation; Fingers; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Phase shift keying; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833464
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