Title :
A 71-Gb/s NRZ Modulated 850-nm VCSEL-Based Optical Link
Author :
Kuchta, Daniel M. ; Rylyakov, Alexander V. ; Doany, Fuad E. ; Schow, Clint L. ; Proesel, Jonathan E. ; Baks, Christian W. ; Westbergh, Petter ; Gustavsson, Johan S. ; Larsson, Anders
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report error free (BER <; 10-12) operation of a directly non-return-to-zero modulated 850-nm vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) link operating to 71 Gb/s. This is the highest error free modulation rate for a directly modulated laser of any type. The optical link consists of a 130-nm BiCMOS driver IC with two-tap feed-forward equalization, a wide bandwidth 850-nm VCSEL, a surface illuminated GaAs PIN photodiode, and a 130-nm BiCMOS receiver IC.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; optical interconnections; optical links; optical modulation; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; surface emitting lasers; BiCMOS driver IC; BiCMOS receiver IC; NRZ modulated VCSEL-based optical link; bit rate 71 Gbit/s; directly modulated laser; error free modulation rate; error free operation; non-return-to-zero modulated vertical cavity surface-emitting laser link; surface illuminated GaAs PIN photodiode; two-tap feed-forward equalization; wavelength 130 nm; wavelength 850 nm; wide bandwidth VCSEL; Bandwidth; Integrated circuits; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Photodiodes; Receivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; High-speed modulation; optical interconnects; semiconductor lasers; vertical cavity surface-emitting laser;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2014.2385671
