DocumentCode
1349976
Title
99 fJ/(bit 
km) Energy to Data-Distance Ratio at 17 Gb/s Across 1 km of Multimode Optical Fiber With 850-nm Single-Mode VCSELs
Author
Moser, P. ; Lott, J.A. ; Wolf, P. ; Larisch, G. ; Payusov, A. ; Ledentsov, N.N. ; Hofmann, W. ; Bimberg, D.
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Festkorperphys. und Zentrum fur Nanophotonik, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Volume
24
Issue
1
fYear
2012
Firstpage
19
Lastpage
21
Abstract
We present extremely energy-efficient oxide-confined 850-nm single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for optical interconnects. Error-free transmission at 17 Gb/s across 1 km of multimode optical fiber is achieved with an ultra-low energy-to-data ratio of 99 fJ/bit, corresponding to a record-low energy-to-data-distance ratio of 99 fJ/(bit ·km). This performance is achieved without changing any of the driving parameters up to 55 °C. To date our VCSELs are the most energy-efficient directly modulated light-sources for data transmission across all distances up to 1 km of multimode optical fiber.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; light sources; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 17 Gbit/s; data transmission; distance 1 km; energy-efficient oxide-confined single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; energy-to-data-distance ratio; error-free transmission; modulated light-sources; multimode optical fiber; optical interconnects; single-mode VCSEL; wavelength 850 nm; Adaptive optics; Energy efficiency; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Energy efficiency; green photonics; modulation; multimode fiber; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2011.2171938
Filename
6045311
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