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47.5 GHz Membrane-III-V-on-Si Directly Modulated Laser for Sub-pJ/bit 100-Gbps Transmission
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Diamantopoulos, Nikolaos-Panteleimon Yamaoka, Suguru Fujii, Takuro Nishi, Hidetaka Takeda, Koji Tsuchizawa, Tai Kakitsuka, Takaaki Matsuo, Shinji |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Near-future upgrades of intra data center networks and high-performance computing systems would require optical interconnects capable of operating at beyond 100 Gbps/lane. In order for this evolution to be achieved in a sustainable way, high-speed yet energy-efficient transceivers are in need. Towards this direction we have previously demonstrated directly-modulated lasers (DMLs) capable of operating at 50 Gbps/lane with sub-pJ/bit efficiencies based on our novel membrane-III-V-on-Si technology. However, there exists an inherent tradeoff between modulation speed and power consumption due to the carrier-photon dynamics in DMLs. In this work, we alleviate this tradeoff by introducing photon–photon resonance dynamics in our energy-efficient membrane DMLs-on-Si design and demonstrate a device with a maximum 3-dB bandwidth of 47.5 GHz. This denotes a bandwidth increase of more than 2x times compared to our previous membrane DMLs-on-Si. Moreover, the DML is capable of delivering 60-GBaud PAM-4 signals under Ethernet’s KP4-FEC threshold (net data rate of 113.42 Gbps) over 2-km of standard single-mode fiber transmission. DC energy-efficiencies of 0.17 pJ/bit at 25 °C and 0.34 pJ/bit at 50 °C have been achieved for the > 100-Gbps signals. Deploying such DMLs in an integrated multichannel transceiver should ensure a smooth evolution towards Terabit-class Ethernet links and on-board optics subsystems. |
| Starting Page | 31 |
| e-ISSN | 23046732 |
| DOI | 10.3390/photonics8020031 |
| Journal | Photonics |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-01-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Photonics Telecommunications Directly Modulated Lasers Iii-v On Si Photon-photon Resonance Data Centers |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |