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200 Gbps/Lane IM/DD Technologies for Short Reach Optical Interconnects.

Authors :
Pang, Xiaodan
Hu, Weisheng
Jacobsen, Gunnar
Popov, Sergei
Chen, Jiajia
Ozolins, Oskars
Lin, Rui
Zhang, Lu
Udalcovs, Aleksejs
Xue, Lei
Schatz, Richard
Westergren, Urban
Xiao, Shilin
Source :
Journal of Lightwave Technology; 1/15/2020, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p492-503, 12p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Client-side optics are facing an ever-increasing upgrading pace, driven by upcoming 5G related services and datacenter applications. The demand for a single lane data rate is soon approaching 200 Gbps. To meet such high-speed requirement, all segments of traditional intensity modulation direct detection (IM/DD) technologies are being challenged. The characteristics of electrical and optoelectronic components and the performance of modulation, coding, and digital signal processing (DSP) techniques are being stretched to their limits. In this context, we witnessed technological breakthroughs in several aspects, including development of broadband devices, novel modulation formats and coding, and high-performance DSP algorithms for the past few years. A great momentum has been accumulated to overcome the aforementioned challenges. In this article, we focus on IM/DD transmissions, and provide an overview of recent research and development efforts on key enabling technologies for 200 Gbps per lane and beyond. Our recent demonstrations of 200 Gbps short-reach transmissions with 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and discrete multitone signals are also presented as examples to show the system requirements in terms of device characteristics and DSP performance. Apart from digital coherent technologies and advanced direct detection systems, such as Stokes–vector and Kramers–Kronig schemes, we expect high-speed IM/DD systems will remain advantageous in terms of system cost, power consumption, and footprint for short reach applications in the short- to mid- term perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
07338724
Volume :
38
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
141802020
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2019.2962322