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Generation of 88 Gb/s PDM-16-QAM Using Two Conventional I/Q Modulator and Coherent Detection

Author(s):

Patel Nikita Prahaladbhai , Ganpat University; Rohit B. Patel, Ganpat University

Keywords:

PDM-16-QAM (polarization-division multiplexed 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation), raman amplifier, I/Q modulator, coherent detection, OSNR, DSP

Abstract

We generate single carrier 88 Gb/s polarization-division multiplexed 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation signal using 4-level driven two parallel conventional I/Q modulator. In this we have also use raman amplifier to compensate the nonlinearity in the optical span. We measure a required optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of 15.8 dB (0.1-nm reference bandwidth; 3.8 × 10-3 bit-error ratio), 0.5-dB off the theoretical limit.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV3I2373
Published in: Volume : 3, Issue : 2
Publication Date: 01/05/2015
Page(s): 402-404

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