40-Gbaud 16-QAM transmitter using tandem IQ modulators with binary driving electronic signals

Guo-Wei Lu, Mats Sköld, Pontus Johannisson, Jian A. Zhao, Martin Sjödin, Henrik Sunnerud, Mathias Westlund, Andrew Ellis, Peter A. Andrekson

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    Abstract

    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)23062-23069
    Number of pages8
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume18
    Issue number22
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 25 Oct 2010

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