Experimental Demonstration of Optical Modulation Format Identification Using SOI-based Photonic Reservoir
Guillermo von Hünefeld, Gregor Ronniger, Enes Şeker, Rijil Thomas, Pooyan Safari, Isaac Sackey, Md Mahasin Khan, Stephan Suckow, Max C. Lemme, David B. Stahl, Colja Schubert, Johannes Fischer, Ronald E. Freund · 2023
We experimentally show modulation format identification of optical signals using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonic-integrated-circuit-based reservoir. After 100-km SSMF transmission, we achieve identification of 32 GBd 4QAM, 16QAM, 32QAM and 64QAM signals with up to ~97% accuracy.