Free-running L-band VCSEL for 1.25 Gbps hybrid radio-fiber cloud optical interconnects

Author

Cercos, Silvia Saldana ; Prince, Kamau ; Roubeau, F. ; Lim, Sharon ; Neumeyr, C. ; Ortsiefer, M. ; Ronneberg, E. ; Aupetit-Berthelemot, C. ; Monroy, I.T.

Author_Institution

DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2012

fDate

4-8 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate a free-running directly-modulated 1580 nm VCSEL suitable for hybrid wireless/optical interconnects supporting cloud data centers. Error-free transmission at 1.25 Gbps was achieved after 6.5 GHz wireless link and 1 km bend-insensitive fiber.

Keywords

computer centres; laser cavity resonators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical links; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; bend-insensitive fiber; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; cloud data centers; distance 1 km; error-free transmission; free-running L-band VCSEL; free-running directly-modulated VCSEL; frequency 6.5 GHz; hybrid radio-fiber cloud optical interconnects; hybrid wireless interconnect; wavelength 1580 nm; wireless link; Adaptive optics; Clouds; Optical attenuators; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

ISSN

pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0262-3

Type

conf

Filename

6476150