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Technical Bulletin N°8

Experts in Next Generation Lightwave Test Equipment

40Gb/s QPSK modulation measured


with the AP2440A!

Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzer AP2440A application note


Introduction :
Improvement in spectral efficiency of the WDM system is considered the economical way to enlarge the transmission
capacity. Among several modulation formats, quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) is becoming an attractive
candidate during last few years because it doubles the spectral efficiency of binary PSK (BPSK or DPSK). But, there
was a lack of measurement solutions to visualize the phase modulation as a function of time, as an oscilloscope does
for intensity modulations. These measurements are now possible with the OCSA AP2440A series.

Below a typical measurement example of a 40Gb/s QPSK modulated signal is shown.


40Gb/s QPSK modulation

The 1-2-3-4 markers on the red trace represent the 4 different phase states of the QPSK modulated signal
(left Y-scale = power in mW, right Y-scale is phase in degree)

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Constellation display :
A practical way to display intensity and phase modulated signals is by means of a constellation display. In this graph,
the X scale is the real axis and the Y scale is the imaginary axis. The quality of the signal can easily be evaluated in
this way, as the objective is to have a box shaped figure with 90 degree corners.

This constellation display feature will be available for every Apex Technologies OCSA as of January 2006.
Current OCSA users will automatically receive an upgrade notification.

Click to receive the latest Apex Technologies OCSA application note:

" "ew modulation formats analysis with the AP2440A series


Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzer"

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