Title :
120 Gb/s VCSEL based parallel optical transmitter and custom 120 Gb/s testing station
Author :
Kuchta, Daniel ; Kwark, Young ; Schuster, Christian ; Baks, Christian ; Haymes, Chuck ; Schaub, Jeremy ; Pepeljugoski, Petar ; Jewell, Jack ; Graham, Luke ; Kucharski, Daniel
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A 120 Gb/s, 12 channel parallel optical transmitter using 850 nm VCSELs over 300 m of fiber is described. All channels operate simultaneously, driven by a custom-built low cost 120 Gb/s test station. Error free operation with margin is confirmed.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical testing; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 12 channel optical transmitter; 120 Gbit/s; 300 m; 850 nm; VCSEL; custom 120 Gb/s testing station; error free operation; parallel optical transmitter; Circuit testing; Connectors; Costs; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Poles and towers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251645
