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Published on: February 6, 2014
Linewidth-tolerant real-time 40-Gbit/s 16-QAM self-homodyne detection using a pilot carrier and ISI suppression based
Moriya Nakamura1, Yukiyoshi Kamio, Tetsuya Miyazaki
1National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) 4-2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan. m-naka@nict.go.jp
Abstract:
We experimentally demonstrate linewidth-tolerant real-time 40-Gbit/s(10-Gsymbol/s) 16-quadrature amplitude modulation. We achieved bit-error rates of <10(-9) using an external-cavity laser diode with a linewidth of 200 kHz and <10(-7) using a distributed-feedback laser diode with a linewidth of 30 MHz, thanks to the phase-noise canceling capability provided by self-homodyne detection using a pilot carrier. Pre-equalization based on digital signal processing was employed to suppress intersymbol interference caused by the limited-frequency bandwidth of electrical components.
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