Title :
First 105 Gb/s low power, small footprint PAM-8 impedance-engineered TOSA with InP MZ-modulator and customized driver IC using predistortion
Author :
Gomez Saavedra, B. ; Wolf, N. ; Lei Yan ; Meuer, C. ; Choi, J.H. ; Velthaus, K.-O. ; Gruner, M. ; Schubert, C. ; Bach, H.-G. ; Schell, M.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A small footprint, low power 105Gb/s PAM-8 TOSA with InP-based/Mach-Zehnder modulator and a customized SiGe differential driver with a modulation power of 3.23pJ/bit is demonstrated. Predistortion is applied to compensate for non-linearities of both devices.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; indium compounds; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; InP; InP MZ-modulator; InP-based/Mach-Zehnder modulator; customized driver IC; device nonlinearities; low power; predistortion; small footprint PAM-8 impedance-engineered TOSA; Decision support systems; Modulation; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
