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- Bickham, S., et al.
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Low cutoff G.657-compatible fiber for data center interconnects operating in the 1064 and 1310 nm windows
- 2020
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Ingår i: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. - : SPIE. - 0277-786X .- 1996-756X. ; 11286
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Optical interconnects in data centers have traditionally used 850 nm GaAs-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) in combination with multimode fiber, having a reach up to 100 m in length. Longer links typically use standard single-mode fiber in conjunction with either InP-based edge-emitting lasers or silicon photonic transmitters operating in the 1310 nm or 1550 nm window. Single-mode GaAs-based VCSELs operating at 1064 nm offer another path for achieving longer system reach. Potential advantages of these VCSELs include better power efficiency, modulation speeds reaching 50 Gbps and large-scale fabrication volumes. The longer wavelength is also beneficial due to the lower attenuation and chromatic dispersion of optical fibers at that wavelength. However, one practical issue for single-mode transmission is that the G.657 standard for single-mode fiber requires that the 22-meter cable cutoff wavelength be less than 1260 nm, and these fibers are typically few-moded at 1064 nm. The large differences between the group velocities of the LP01 and LP11 modes can lead to degradation of the system performance due to multi-path interference if the higher order modes are present. To resolve this quandary, we have designed and validated the performance of a new optical fiber which is single-moded at wavelengths less than 1064 nm, but also has G.657-compliant mode field diameter and dispersion characteristics that enable it to be used in the 1310 nm window.
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- Castro, Jose Manuel, et al.
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48.7 Gb/s 4-PAM Transmission over 200 m of High Bandwidth MMF using an 850 nm VCSEL
- 2015
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Ingår i: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. - 1041-1135 .- 1941-0174. ; 27:17, s. 1799-1801
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We demonstrate 4-PAM 48.67 Gb/s transmission, using a directly modulated VCSEL, over 50, 100 and 200 m of multimode fiber with partial dispersion compensation properties. The results of our experiments indicate that 200 m reach is achievable with forward error correcting codes with small overhead.
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- Castro, Jose Manuel, et al.
(författare)
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50 Gb/s 4-PAM over 200 m of High Bandwidth MMF using a 850 nm VCSEL
- 2015
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Ingår i: Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2015, Los Angeles, California, United States, 22–26 March 2015. - 9781557529374
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Experiments for transmission of 50Gb/s, 4-PAM using direct modulated VCSEL over 100m and 200m of MMF with partial dispersion compensation properties are presented.
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- Castro, J. M., et al.
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Investigation of 60 Gb/s 4-PAM Using an 850 nm VCSEL and Multimode Fiber
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 34:16, s. 3825-3836
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigate 4-pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) at data rates in the range of 50-60 Gb/s using a directly modulated 850 nm VCSEL and multimode fiber links up to 200 m. The channel conditions in which 4-PAM has performance advantages over traditional ON-OFF keying are evaluated followed by experimental results at data rates of 56.7 Gb/s over distances up to 200 m using equalization and FEC, with a post-FEC bit error rate of 10(-12). The reported analysis is applicable to future Ethernet and Fibre Channel applications requiring 50 Gb/s serial data rates per lane over multimode fibers.
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- Chen, Jingjing, 1982, et al.
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An Energy Efficient 56 Gbps PAM-4 VCSEL Transmitter Enabled by a 100 Gbps Driver in 0.25 µm InP DHBT Technology
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 34:21, s. 954-4964
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Datacenters demand higher speed VCSEL-based optical interconnects at low power consumption. As a potential technology enabler, this paper presents a wide bandwidth and energy efficient multilevel PAM VCSEL driver implemented in an InP 0.25 μm double heterojunction bipolar transistor (DHBT) technology. The operational bandwidth of the driver is verified and error-free electrical data transmission up to 56 Gbps PAM-2 and 100 Gbps PAM-4 is demonstrated at a driver energy consumption less than 2 pJ/bit. The driver is integrated and tested with an in-house fabricated 850 nm VCSEL. Error-free 56 Gbps PAM-4 optical transmission at a transmitter energy consumption of 3.7 pJ/bit is demonstrated without equalization. This is the highest data rate reported for an integrated PAM-4 modulated VCSEL transmitter, while being the most energy efficient above 40 Gbps operation. Moreover, the VCSEL driver offers a pre-emphasis feature at PAM-2 operation for improved link throughput and receiver sensitivity.
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- He, Zhongxia Simon, 1984, et al.
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Optoelectronics Enabled Dense Patch Antenna Array for Future 5G Cellular Applications
- 2017
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Ingår i: European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The interconnection between densely-spaced antenna array elements to separated signal processors is a challenge in practical systems of future 5G applications. We present an interconnect concept based on optoelectronic link and a proof-of-concept experiment demonstrates successful 6-Gbps 64-QAM data transmission.
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- Larsson, Anders, 1957, et al.
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1060 nm VCSELs for long-reach optical interconnects
- 2018
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Ingår i: Optical Fiber Technology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1095-9912 .- 1068-5200. ; 44, s. 36-42
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Reach extension of high capacity optical interconnects based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and multimode fibers (MMFs), as needed for large-scale data centers, would benefit from high-speed GaAs-based VCSELs at 1060 nm. At this wavelength, the chromatic dispersion and attenuation of the optical fiber are much reduced in comparison with 850 nm. We present single and multimode 1060 nm VCSELs based on designs derived partly from our high-speed 850 nm VCSEL designs. The single-mode VCSEL, with a modulation bandwidth exceeding 22 GHz, supports back-to-back data rates up to 50 Gbps at 25 °C and 40 Gbps at 85 °C under binary NRZ (OOK) modulation. Using mode-selective launch, we demonstrate error-free 25 Gbps transmission over 1000 m of 1060 nm optimized MMF. Higher data rates and/or longer distances will be possible with equalization, forward-error-correction, and/or multilevel modulation.
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- Larsson, Anders, 1957, et al.
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High-Speed VCSELs for OOK and Multilevel PAM Modulation
- 2017
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Ingår i: 30TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY (IPC). - 2374-0140. - 9781509065783 ; , s. 355-356
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The short-reach optical interconnects used in datacenters and high-performance computing systems are dominated by vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) and multimode fiber (MMF) links1. The VCSEL-MMF technology is the most cost and power efficient and offers the smallest footprint. VCSELs for 25-28 Gbit/s OOK lanes are in production2 while 25-28 Gbaud PAM-4 with forward-error-correction (FEC) is considered for next generation 50-56 Gbit/s lanes3. For this transition, as well as future developments towards even higher speed, the VCSEL dynamics and high-speed properties are of utmost importance. Improved dynamics may enable 50-56 Gbit/s PAM-4 without FEC and even 50-56 Gbit/s OOK, which would reduce complexity, power consumption, and latency.
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- Larsson, Anders, 1957, et al.
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VCSEL design and integration for high-capacity optical interconnects
- 2017
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Ingår i: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. - : SPIE. - 0277-786X .- 1996-756X. - 9781510606593 ; 10109, s. 101090M-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and multi-mode fibers is the dominating technology for short-reach optical interconnects in datacenters and high performance computing systems at current serial rates of up to 25-28 Gbit/s. This is likely to continue at 50-56 Gbit/s. The technology shows potential for 100 Gbit/s.
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- Larsson, Anders, 1957, et al.
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VCSEL modulation capacity: Continued improvements or physical limits?
- 2017
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Ingår i: 6th IEEE Photonics Society Optical Interconnects Conference, OI 2017. - 9781509050154 ; , s. 53-54
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The short-reach optical interconnects used in datacenters and high-performance computing systems are dominated by VCSEL and multimode fiber (MMF) links 1 . The VCSEL-MMF technology is the most cost and power efficient and offers the smallest footprint. VCSELs operating at 25-28 Gbit/s are in production 2 while research has extended the VCSEL modulation bandwidth to 30 GHz 3 (Fig.1) and enabled OOK-NRZ data transmission up to 57 Gbit/s at 25°C 4 and 50 Gbit/s at 85°C 5 , without equalization or forward-error-correction (FEC). A VCSEL energy dissipation below 100 fJ/bit has been demonstrated at 25-50 Gbit/s 3 (Fig.1). The need for higher interconnect capacity raises the question whether the speed and dynamics of VCSELs can be further improved or whether physical limits preventing this have been reached. Higher speed VCSELs would enable higher lane rates and therefore reduced number of lanes and increased bandwidth density for a given aggregate interconnect capacity.
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