44 Gb/s PAM-4 Transmission with a Polarization-Independent Surface-Normal Electroabsorption Modulator
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Iannone, Patrick; Chen, Xi; Grillanda, Stefano; Raybon, Gregory; Adamiecki, Andrew; Burrows, Ellsworth; Hu, Ting-Chen; Neilson, David; Basavanhally, Nagesh; Low, Yee; Kopf, Rose; Tate, Alaric; Earnshaw, Mark
- Source
- 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2020 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2020
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Modulation
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Optical fiber amplifiers
Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
High-speed optical techniques
- Language
We measure performance of 44-Gb/s (22-GBd) PAM-4 short-reach direct detection links with a polarization-independent surface-normal electro-absorption modulator. Performance below the KP-4 FEC threshold is demonstrated in standard single-mode fiber links with no dispersion compensation for distances up to 18 km.