$(2 \\times 100)$ -Gb/s NRZ-OOK Integrated Transmitter for Intradata Center Connectivity

Author

Katopodis, V. ; Groumas, P. ; Ziyang Zhang ; Dupuy, Jean-Yves ; Miller, Ellis ; Beretta, A. ; Gounaridis, L. ; Jung Han Choi ; Pech, Detlef ; Jorge, Filipe ; Nodjiadjim, V. ; Dinu, R. ; Cangini, G. ; Dede, A. ; Vannucci, A. ; Konczykowska, Agnieszka ; Kei

Author_Institution

Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

Volume

26

Issue

20

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct.15, 15 2014

Firstpage

2078

Lastpage

2081

Abstract

We demonstrate an integrated transmitter that can generate two 100-Gb/s optical channels with simple nonreturn-to-zero-ON-OFF keying format. The transmitter is based on the combination of an ultrafast electro-optic polymer platform for the photonic integration and the optical modulation with ultrafast InP-double heterojunction bipolar transistor electronics for the multiplexing and the amplification of the 100-Gb/s driving signals. Through error-free transmission of 2 × 80-Gb/s signals over 1 km of SMF and transmission of 2 × 100-Gb/s signals over 500 m of single-mode fiber with error performance way below the forward error correction limit, we reveal the potential of the approach for parallel 100-GbE optical interfaces in small footprint transceivers for intradata center networks.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; amplitude shift keying; computer centres; forward error correction; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical transceivers; telecommunication channels; NRZ-OOK integrated transmitter; SMF; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; distance 1 km; distance 500 m; error-free transmission; forward error correction limit; intradata center connectivity; intradata center networks; multiplexing; nonreturn-to-zero-ON-OFF keying format; optical channels; optical modulation; photonic integration; single mode fiber; transceivers; ultrafast InP-double heterojunction bipolar transistor electronics; ultrafast electro-optic polymer platform; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Insertion loss; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Polymers; Propagation losses; 100G transmitters; Data center networks; electro-optic polymers; high-speed electronics; hybrid integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2347244

Filename

6877630