Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 23, 2306002(2020)

Generation of PDM-16QAM Radio Frequency Signal Based on a Polarization Multiplexing Optical Modulator

Weiping Li1,2、*, Miao Kong1,2, and Jianjun Yu1,2
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  • 1Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves, Ministry of Education, Department of Communication Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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    In this paper, we proposed a new scheme of generating vector millimeter-wave signals with stable frequency and polarization multiplexing by a single optical modulator. We have experimentally demonstrated the delivery of 64 Gbit/s@28 GHz PDM-16QAM signals in the system link was with a bit error ratio smaller than 4.2×10 -2 based on a dual-polarization Mach-Zehnder modulation (DP-MZM) and polarization-division-multiplexing 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (PDM-16QAM). In summary, the system has a simple structure, a high spectrum efficiency, and a greatly enhanced transmission rate, which has great application value in the future communication network of radio over fiber.

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    Weiping Li, Miao Kong, Jianjun Yu. Generation of PDM-16QAM Radio Frequency Signal Based on a Polarization Multiplexing Optical Modulator[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(23): 2306002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jul. 17, 2020

    Accepted: Aug. 19, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 1, 2020

    The Author Email: Li Weiping (lwping@fudan.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.2306002

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