1.1 Tb/s/λ at 9.8 bit/s/Hz DWDM transmission over DCI distances supported by CMOS DACs
Fred Buchali, Vincent Lauinger, Mathieu Chagnon, Karsten Schuh, Vahid Aref
Abstract
We report on a 16-nm CMOS DAC based transmitter optimization enabling bitrates up to 1.15 Tb/s. We successfully demonstrate DWDM transmission over DCI distances up to 118 km at 1.1 Tb/s and spectral efficiencies of 9.8 bit/s/Hz.
Topics & Concepts
TransmitterCMOSTransmission (telecommunications)Wavelength-division multiplexingBit (key)Computer scienceElectronic engineeringOptoelectronicsPhysicsTelecommunicationsEngineeringComputer networkChannel (broadcasting)WavelengthOptical Network TechnologiesPhotonic and Optical DevicesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices