16-level quadrature amplitude modulation by monolithic quad-parallel Mach-Zehnder optical modulator

4 February 2010

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 46 (3) , 220-222
https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2010.3141

Abstract

A monolithically-integrated quad-parallel Mach-Zehnder optical modulator has been fabricated. 3 and 6 dB electro-optical bandwidths of Mach-Zehnder structures embedded in the modulator were evaluated as 22 and 36 GHz, respectively. By using the monolithic optical modulator, a 10 Gbaud 16-level quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal was successfully obtained.

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