Abstract
DP-QAM is one of the feasible paths towards 100Gbps, 400Gbps and 1Tbps optical communications systems. For DPQAM transmitter, the time mismatch between the XY tributary channels is known as the XY skew. Large uncompensated XY skew can significantly degrade the system performance. Sometimes, time-interleaved return-to-zero DP signal is preferred with lower nonlinear polarization scattering induced penalty. In this work, XY skew detection and alignment of dual-polarization optical quadrature amplitude transmitter using reconfigurable interference is experimentally demonstrated with >23-dB dynamic range. ~1.5-dB power change is achieved for 1-ps XY skew. Fast detecting scheme for arbitrary skew measurement is also experimentally verified. The scheme is compatible with different modulation formats, data sequences, and waveforms.
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