Abstract
We propose and demonstrate all-optical method for generating advanced modulation formats with high-spectral efficiency. The proposed method is based on all-optical format conversion using photonic-integrated semiconductor optical amplifier-Mach-Zehnder interferometers. It enables application of advanced modulation formats at data rates not directly accessible using electronic means only. We demonstrate generation of single-polarization 86.4-Gb/s binary phase-shift keying and 173-Gb/s quadrature phase-shift keying optical signals.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 5771528 |
Pages (from-to) | 765-771 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Coherent communication
- differential phase-shift-keying (DPSK)
- optical format conversion
- optical sampling
- optical signal processing
- phase-shift keying (PSK)
- photonic integration
- quadratic-amplitude modulation (QAM)
- quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK)
- semiconductor optical amplifiers
- wavelength conversion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering