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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
Published on: September 5, 2019
180 Gb/s single carrier single polarization 16-QAM transmission using an O-band silicon photonic IQM
Abstract:
In this paper, we present inphase-quadrature (IQ) modulation in the O-band using dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators on the silicon photonics platform. The detailed design of the IQ modulator (IQM) is discussed. We then report the DC and small signal characterization of the device and investigate the performance of the device in a coherent transmission system. A bit rate of 180 Gb/s with 16-QAM modulation is achieved over 20 km of single-mode fiber without any chromatic dispersion compensation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that 77 Gbaud QPSK transmission can be achieved with a low drive voltage of 3 Vpp.
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