Optical Amplification-Free 310/256 Gbaud OOK, 197/145 Gbaud PAM4, and 160/116 Gbaud PAM6 EML/DML-based Data Center Links
Oskars Ozoliņš, Armands Ostrovskis, Toms Salgals, Benjamin Krüger, Fabio Pittalà, Mahdieh Joharifar, Richard Schatz, Di Che, Y. Matsui, Thomas Dippon, Michael Koenigsmann, Yuchuan Fan, Marek Chaciński, Urban Westergren, Lu Zhang, H. Mardoyan, Sandis Spolītis, Sergei Popov, Xianbin Yu, Markus Gruen, Vjačeslavs Bobrovs, Hadrien Louchet, Xiaodan Pang
Abstract
We demonstrate a record 310/256 Gbaud OOK, 197/145 Gbaud PAM4, and 160/116 Gbaud PAM6 EML/DML-based IM/DD links without any optical amplification with performance below the 6.25% overhead HD-FEC threshold after 100-m/6-km SMF, respectively.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsOptical performance monitoringOpticsOptoelectronicsWavelength-division multiplexingWavelengthPhotonic and Optical DevicesOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems