Few-mode VCSEL chip for 100-Gb/s transmission over 100 m multimode fiber
Journal
Photonics Research
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
5
Pages
507-515
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Kao, H.-Y.
Chi, Y.-C.
Tsai, C.-T.
Leong, S.-F.
Peng, C.-Y.
Wang, H.-Y.
Huang, J.J.
Jou, J.-J.
Shih, T.-T.
Kuo, H.-C.
Cheng, W.-H.
Wu, C.-H.
Abstract
A few-mode (FM) vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) chip with heavily zinc-diffused contact layer and oxide-confined cross-section is demonstrated for carrying pre-leveled 16-quadrature amplitude modulation orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (QAM-OFDM) data in OM4 multi-mode fiber (MMF) over 100 m for intra-data-center applications. The FM VCSEL chip, which has an oxide-confined emission aperture of 5 µm, demonstrates high external quantum efficiency, provides an optical power of 2.2 mW at 38 times threshold condition, and exhibits 3 dB direct-modulation bandwidth beyond 22 GHz at a cost of slight heat accumulation. At a DC bias point of 5 mA (22.6Ith) the FM VCSEL chip, with sufficiently normalized modulation output, supports Baud and data rates of 25 and 100 Gb/s, respectively, with forward error correction (FEC) certifying receiving quality after back-to-back transmission. After passing through 100 m OM4 MMF with a receiving power penalty of 4 dB, the FM VCSEL chip demonstrates FEC-certified transmission of the pre-leveled 16-QAM OFDM data at 92 Gb/s.
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