Photonic Vector Modulation of 3.6 Gb/s 16QAM at 39 GHz for Radio-on- Fibre Systems

The experimental generation of a 3.6Gb/s-16QAM 39GHz carrier employing Photonic Vector Modulation is reported for the first time. The quadrature condition is introduced using an optical delay line. EVM is estimated from measured eye-diagrams.