Gigabyte/s parallel fiber-optic links based on edge emitting laser diode arrays

Author

Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan ; Sha, Weijian ; Li, Benjamin ; Craig, Richard

Author_Institution

SDL Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

16

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

778

Lastpage

787

Abstract

We present a ten-channel parallel fiber optic link consisting of a transmitter based on an edge emitting laser diode array operating nominally at 1 μm wavelength and a complementary receiver based on an InGaAs pin photodetector array. We demonstrate fiber optic link performance up to data rates of 1 Gb/s per channel with low skew at measurement time limited bit error rates lower than 10^-11 over 100 m of multimode fiber ribbon cable. The transmitter is operational, with very clear eye opening, up to baseplate temperatures of 105°C

Keywords

gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical cables; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; p-i-n photodiodes; photodetectors; semiconductor laser arrays; 1 Gbit/s; 1 mum; 100 m; 105 C; Gigabyte/s parallel fiber-optic links; InGaAs; InGaAs pin photodetector array; baseplate temperatures; complementary receiver; data rates; edge emitting laser diode array; edge emitting laser diode arrays; fiber optic link performance; low skew; measurement time limited bit error rates; multimode fiber ribbon cable; ten-channel parallel fiber optic link; transmitter; very clear eye opening; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Indium gallium arsenide; Optical arrays; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photodetectors; Semiconductor laser arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.669005

Filename

669005