DP-QPSK Demodulator, Optoplex HB-C0GLCC018, 2×8 Coherent Mixer
To be used for optical coherent detection such as DP-QPSK receivers, Optoplex’s ten-port 2×8 Coherent Mixer (aka QPSK mixer) combines the incoming signal with a local oscillator to generate eight light states in the complex-field space. The eight light output signals can then be coupled into four pairs of balanced detectors. The block diagram below shows the application of a 2×8 coherent mixer in a DP-QPSK receiver. Since the mixing process is data rate independent, the devices can be used for any data rate in applications such as 40Gb/s or 100Gb/s transmission systems.
Optoplex’s 2×8 Coherent Mixer is free-space micro-optics-based and patent pending. The device exhibits highly athermal behavior in terms of insertion loss and phase error. When the output signals are detected by four pairs of balanced receivers, both the amplitudes and the relative phase information of the input signal can be extracted for signal amplification and cost-effective compensation of optical transmission impairments, such as dispersion and PMD, in the electronic domain.
Key Features and Benefits
- Purely passive (no temperature control)
- Low insertion loss, Low phase error, <1ps skew
- Colorless (wavelength independent)
- Data-rate independent
- Compact size
Applications
- Optical coherent detection
- DP-QPSK demodulation
- Transmission at 100Gb/s (preferred choice of modulation format)
