IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2014 · 14 citations · 9 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationOptoelectronicsPhotonicsModulationOptical Communication SystemsOptical ModulationOptical Signal ProcessingOptical SourcesPhotonic Integrated CircuitsBit Error RateBit-error Rate AnalysisFrequency Comb GenerationFrequency-combed SourcesOptical Frequency CombsOptical TransmittersPhase-locked OscillatorsTransmitter Design
A multiwavelength source for optical transmitters delivers narrow-linewidth carrriers with 100-GHz spacing spanning the C and L bands. The phase-locked carriers are derived from a single, 3-kHz linewidth source, and a multistage parametric mixer. Bit-error rate measurements for a 20-GBd 16-QAM transmitter based on this source are reported.
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