Novel method of generating QAM-16 signals at 21.3 gbaud and transmission over 480 km

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-38

  Makovejs, Sergejs ^a   Miliar, David S ^a   Mikhailov, Vitaly ^b   Gavioli, Giancarlo ^c   Killey, Robert I ^a   Savory, Seb J ^a   Bayvel, Polina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced optical modulation formats; Coherent detection; Optical signal processing; Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)

Indexed keywords

COHERENT DETECTION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; ELECTRICAL GENERATION; FIBER INTERFEROMETERS; NOVEL METHODS; OPTICAL MODULATION FORMAT; QUADRATURE PHASE; SQUARE QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 77953578711     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2035633     Document Type: Article

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