Title :
Intersymbol interference penalties for OOK and 4-PAM in short-range optical communications
Author :
Szczerba, Krzysztof ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Larsson, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
Intersymbol interference penalties of OOK and 4-PAM were compared in the context of short-range optical links with directly modulated VCSELs. The maximum achieved bit rate with 4-PAM was 38 Gbps and 32 Gbps with OOK.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; intersymbol interference; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical modulation; pulse amplitude modulation; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 4-PAM; OOK; VCSEL; bit rate 32 Gbit/s; bit rate 38 Gbit/s; direct modulation; intersymbol interference penalties; pulse amplitude modulation; short-range optical communications; short-range optical links; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Modulation; Optical fiber communication; Sensitivity; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
