Performance comparison of 850-nm and 1550-nm VCSELs exploiting OOK, OFDM, and 4-PAM over SMF/MMF links for low-cost optical interconnects

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10344043	Optical Fiber Technology	2013	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº We study a 850-nm and a 1550-nm VCSEL for optical interconnects. âº OFDM-QPSK/16QAM, 4-PAM are compared to substitute OOK in short-reach SMF/MMF links. âº Strong potential of OFDM for employment in future optical interconnects is shown. âº Reach limits of OOK, OFDM, and 4-PAM, over SMF and MMF links is investigated. âº Point-to-point links are compared to OSMOSIS, an all-optical permutation switch.

Keywords

Optical interconnections Optical fibers Fiber optics communications Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers amplitude modulation

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Computer Science Computer Networks and Communications

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Performance comparison of 850-nm and 1550-nm VCSELs exploiting OOK, OFDM, and 4-PAM over SMF/MMF links for low-cost optical interconnects

Authors

Fotini Karinou, Lei Deng, Roberto Rodes Lopez, Kamau Prince, Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy,