Title :
32 Gb/s multilevel modulation of an 850 nm VCSEL for next-generation datacommunication standards
Author :
Ingham, J.D. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Westbergh, P. ; Gustavsson, J.S. ; Haglund, Å ; Larsson, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
An 850 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is modulated at 32 Gb/s using pulse amplitude modulation with four levels. Transmitter predistortion generates an optimized modulation waveform, which requires a receiver bandwidth of only 15 GHz.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; laser cavity resonators; optical distortion; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; bit rate 32 Gbit/s; modulation waveform; multilevel modulation; next-generation data communication standards; pulse-amplitude modulation; receiver bandwidth; transmitter predistortion; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; wavelength 850 nm; Bandwidth; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Predistortion; Transversal filters; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
