Table 1 Device operation without electronic equalization

From: Plasmonic IQ modulators with attojoule per bit electrical energy consumption

 

(a) 16 QAM 100 GBd

(b) QPSK 100 GBd

(c) 16 QAM 50 GBd

(d) QPSK 50 GBd

Line rate

400 Gb s−1

200 Gb s−1

200 Gb s−1

100 Gb s−1

Const diagr.

BER

4.5 × 10−2

6.5 × 10−5

6.8 × 10−3

1.9 × 10−9

  1. (a) 100 GBd 16QAM and (b) QPSK. Static digital post distortion (DPD) was applied to correct the low-pass characteristics of the electronic components. (c) 50 GBd 16QAM and (d) QPSK. No DPD was applied at 50 GBd
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