Low-loss high-speed silicon IQ modulator for QPSK/DQPSK in C and L bands

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 10703-10709

  Goi, Kazuhiro ^a   Oka, Akira ^a   Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Terada, Yoshihiro ^a   Ogawa, Kensuke ^a   Liow, Tsung Yang ^b   Tu, Xiaoguang ^b   Lo, Guo Qiang ^b   Kwong, Dim Lee ^b  

^a FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON;

DIFFERENTIAL DETECTION; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING (DQPSK); DIGITAL COHERENT DETECTIONS; DISPERSION TOLERANCE; IN-PHASE; IQ MODULATOR; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; QUADRATURE PHASESHIFT KEYING (QPSK);

QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

SILICON;

DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SILICON; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84899789544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.010703     Document Type: Article

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