A 71-Gb/s NRZ Modulated 850-nm VCSEL-Based Optical Link

We report error free (BER <; 10-12) operation of a directly non-return-to-zero modulated 850-nm vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) link operating to 71 Gb/s. This is the highest error free modulation rate for a directly modulated laser of any type. The optical link consists of a 130-n...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 577 - 580
Main Authors Kuchta, Daniel M., Rylyakov, Alexander V., Doany, Fuad E., Schow, Clint L., Proesel, Jonathan E., Baks, Christian W., Westbergh, Petter, Gustavsson, Johan S., Larsson, Anders
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 15.03.2015
Subjects
Bandwidth
High-speed modulation
Integrated circuits
Optical fiber communication
optical interconnects
Optical transmitters
Photodiodes
Receivers
semiconductor lasers
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
vertical cavity surface-emitting laser
semiconductor lasers
vertical cavity surface-emitting laser
High-speed modulation
optical interconnects
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Summary:We report error free (BER <; 10-12) operation of a directly non-return-to-zero modulated 850-nm vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) link operating to 71 Gb/s. This is the highest error free modulation rate for a directly modulated laser of any type. The optical link consists of a 130-nm BiCMOS driver IC with two-tap feed-forward equalization, a wide bandwidth 850-nm VCSEL, a surface illuminated GaAs PIN photodiode, and a 130-nm BiCMOS receiver IC.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2014.2385671