All-ETDM 80-Gbaud (160-Gb/s) QPSK Generation and Coherent Detection

• Published in: IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 23; no. 22; pp. 1667 - 1669
• Main Authors: Raybon, G., Winzer, P. J., Adamiecki, A. A., Gnauck, A. H., Konczykowska, A., Jorge, F., Dupuy, J.-Y, Buhl, L. L., Doerr, C. R., Delbue, R., Pupalaikis, P. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 15.11.2011
• Subjects: Coherent communications; fiber-optic links; High speed optical techniques; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying; Signal to noise ratio

A single-polarization 160-Gb/s (80-Gbaud) electronically time-division-multiplexed (ETDM) quadrature phase-shift-keyed (QPSK) signal is generated and coherently detected using two 45-GHz-bandwidth oscilloscope prototypes and offline processing.