Ultra-high-bandwidth monolithic VCSEL arrays for high-speed metro networks

Author

Spiga, Silvia ; Chongjin Xie ; Po Dong ; Amann, M.-C. ; Winzer, Peter

Author_Institution

Walter Schottky Inst., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Garching, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate that directly modulated InP short-cavity single-mode VCSEL arrays emitting at 1.55 μm are suitable optical transmitters for metro network applications. We show 400-Gb/s transmission over 400-km standard single mode fiber using a wavelength-division-multiplexed and polarization-division-multiplexed 4-level pulse-amplitude-modulated (4PAM) monolithic VCSEL array, enabled by digital coherent detection.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical transmitters; pulse amplitude modulation; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 4-level pulse-amplitude-modulation; InP short-cavity single-mode VCSEL arrays; bit rate 400 Gbit/s; digital coherent detection; direct modulation; metro network; optical transmitters; polarization division multiplexing; standard single mode fiber; ultrahigh-bandwidth monolithic VCSEL arrays; wavelength 1.55 mum; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Coherence; Modulation; Optical transmitters; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing; 4-level pulse-amplitude-modulation; VCSEL-array; coherent detection; metro network; polarization division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876340

Filename

6876340