Title :
Combination of InP MZM Transmitter and Monolithic CMOS 8-State MLSE Receiver for Dispersion Tolerant 10 Gb/s Transmission
Author :
Griffin, R.A. ; Swenson, N. ; Crivelli, D. ; Carrer, Hugo ; Hueda, M. ; Voois, Paul ; Agazzi, O. ; Donadio, Fabricio
Author_Institution :
Bookham, Inc., Towcester, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate that InP modulators together with 1 sample/bit MLSE gives equivalent performance to linear electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulators combined with oversampled MLSE, potentially providing significant reduction in power dissipation and footprint.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; electro-optical modulation; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; InP; MZM transmitter; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; dispersion tolerant transmission; linear electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulators; monolithic CMOS 8-state MLSE receiver; power dissipation; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Germanium silicon alloys; Indium phosphide; Maximum likelihood estimation; Optical fiber communication; Power dissipation; Quantum well devices; Silicon germanium; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528503
