Title :
Differential signaling for low optical energy consumption in datacom optical interconnects
Author :
Roudas, I. ; Hemenway, B.R. ; Whiting, M.S. ; Grzybowski, R.R.
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
We propose the use of differential signaling based on parallel transmission of complementary M-ary PAM optical waveforms over fibers of approximately the same length, in conjunction with balanced direct detection, to reduce optical interconnect energy consumption.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; optical modulation; optical transceivers; pulse amplitude modulation; telecommunication signalling; complementary M-ary PAM optical waveforms; datacom optical interconnects; differential signaling; low optical energy consumption; optical fiber communication; optical interconnect energy consumption; parallel transmission; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5061-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5062-4
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2013.6552952
