A 40-Gb/s, 850-nm, VCSEL-Based Full Optical Link

Alexander Rylyakov, Clint L. Schow, Jonathan E. Proesel, D.M. Kuchta, Christian Baks, N. Y. Li, C. Xie, K.P. Jackson

Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2012 · 38 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

We report a complete VCSEL optical link operating at 40-Gb/s (BER<10−12) with an eye opening of 0.56 UI and 6 dB of link margin. Transmitter pre-distortion enables substantial improvements in speed, jitter, and link margin.

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