Increasing the delay-bit rate product on silicon chip using star-16QAM signal with high spectral efficiency

We proposed and experimentally demonstrate the generation of a novel star-16QAM using a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DPMZM) followed by a phase modulator (PM). Coherent detection and off-line processing are used to recover constellation diagrams. We also study optical delay of a novel star-16QAM signal through a silicon microring resonator. Delay time of ∼ 30ps is observed by comparing the eye diagram of the star-16QAM signal on-resonance with that off-resonance.

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