Title :
83 fJ/bit energy-to-data ratio of 850-nm VCSEL at 17 Gb/s
Author :
Moser, P. ; Hofmann, W. ; Wolf, P. ; Fiol, G. ; Lott, J.A. ; Ledentsov, N.N. ; Bimberg, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Solid State Phys. & Center of Nanophotonics, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Extremely energy efficient high-speed 850-nm vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL) for optical interconnects are presented. Error-free performance at 17 Gb/s and 25 Gb/s via a 100 m multi-mode fiber link is demonstrated at record-high dissipation-power-efficiencies of 69 fJ/bit and 99 fJ/bit. This corresponds to an energy-to-data ratio of 83/117 fJ/bit accounting for the total power consumed. These are the most power-efficient high-speed light-sources reported to date.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; bit rate 17 Gbit/s; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; energy-to-data ratio; error-free performance; extremely energy efficient; high-speed vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers; multimode fiber link; optical interconnects; record-high dissipation-power-efficiencies; size 850 nm; Data communication; Energy efficiency; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
