Abstract

In this letter, a return-to-zero 8-star quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal is generated for the first time by using a parallel I/Q modulator followed by an amplitude modulator with binary drive signals. Our experimental results verify the theoretically derived approximate bit-error rate and ring ratio optimization algorithm of the 8-star QAM. Decision-aided maximum likelihood phase estimation (PE) shows comparable performance with V&V Mth-power PE, but with much less computational complexity.

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