A 103.12-Gb/s WDM PAM4 VCSEL-Based Transmission With Light Injection and Optoelectronic Feedback Techniques

Hai-Han Lu; Chung-Yi Li; Chang-Kai Lu; Chun-Ming Ho; Hwan-Wei Chen; Ming-Te Cheng; Zih-Yi Yang; Sheng-Jhe Huang

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2016.2646364

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2017)

A 103.12-Gb/s WDM PAM4 VCSEL-Based Transmission With Light Injection and Optoelectronic Feedback Techniques

Hai-Han Lu,
Chung-Yi Li,
Chang-Kai Lu,
Chun-Ming Ho,
Hwan-Wei Chen,
Ming-Te Cheng,
Zih-Yi Yang,
Sheng-Jhe Huang

Affiliations

Hai-Han Lu: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Chung-Yi Li: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Chang-Kai Lu: Department of Electronic Engineering, Jinwen University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Chun-Ming Ho: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Hwan-Wei Chen: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, HsinChu, Taiwan
Ming-Te Cheng: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Zih-Yi Yang: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Sheng-Jhe Huang: Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2016.2646364
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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A 103.12-Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) transmission based on 850-nm and 880-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with light injection and optoelectronic feedback techniques is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Results show that two such 7.5-GHz VCSELs with light injection and optoelectronic feedback techniques are potent for 103.12-Gb/s WDM PAM4 transmissions. To the authors' knowledge, it is the first one to successfully adopt two VCSEL transmitters with light injection and optoelectronic feedback techniques in a WDM PAM4 transmission. A total transmission rate of 103.12 Gb/s (51.56 Gb/s/λ × 2 λs) is achieved in the proposed WDM PAM4 transmissions. The link performances of the proposed WDM PAM4 transmissions have been evaluated in real time. Good real-time bit error rate performance and three independent clear eye diagrams are obtained at a 180-m OM4 multimode fiber operation. Such a proposed 103.12-Gb/s WDM PAM4 VCSEL-based transmission has great potential for providing efficient bandwidth in short-reach optical communications.

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ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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