DAC-free Ultra-Low-Power Dual-Polarization 64-QAM Transmission with InP IQ Segmented MZM Module
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DAC-free Ultra-Low-Power Dual-Polarization 64-QAM Transmission with InP IQ Segmented MZM Module
- Author:
A. Aimone, I. Garcia Lopez, S. Alreesh, P. Rito, T. Brast, V. Höhns, G. Fiol, M. Gruner, J. K. Fischer, J. Honecker, A. G. Steffan, D. Kissinger, A. C. Ulusoy, M. Schell
We demonstrate for the first time 32 GBd 64-QAM signal generation without the usage of DACs. The dual-polarization 64-QAM signal is transmitted error-free over 80 km of SSMF with 7.8 pJ/bit record low energy consumption.
