• DocumentCode
    3701070
  • Title

    Low-power current-equalised optical transmitter for below-threshold-biasing VCSEL operation

  • Author

    Jie Li;Ka-Lun Lee;Hungkei Keith Chow;Kerry Hinton

  • Author_Institution
    The Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET), the University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A novel optical driver circuitry is proposed to improve the optical eye diagram for the VCSEL operating below the threshold current. The circuitry enables the operator to balance between the energy efficiency and optical signal quality.
  • Keywords
    "Optical transmitters","Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers","Modulation","Delays","Energy efficiency","Optical pulses","Bit error rate"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341764
  • Filename
    7341764