40-Gbaud 16-QAM transmitter using tandem IQ modulators with binary driving electronic signals
Journal article, 2010

We propose a novel 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) transmitter based on two cascaded IQ modulators driven by four separate binary electrical signals. The proposed 16-QAM transmitter features scalable configuration and stable performance with simple bias-control. Generation of 16-QAM signals at 40 Gbaud is experimentally demonstrated for the first time and visualized with a high speed constellation analyzer. The proposed modulator is also compared to two other schemes. We investigate the modulator bandwidth requirements and tolerance to accumulated chromatic dispersion through numerical simulations, and the minimum theoretical insertion attenuation is calculated analytically.

Author

Guo-Wei Lu

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Mats Sköld

EXFO

Pontus Johannisson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Jian Zhao

University College Cork

Martin E Sjödin

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Henrik Sunnerud

EXFO

Mathias Westlund

EXFO

A. D. Ellis

University College Cork

Peter Andrekson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Optics Express

1094-4087 (ISSN) 10944087 (eISSN)

Vol. 18 22 23062-23069

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

DOI

10.1364/OE.18.023062

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