Sub-cycle QAM modulation for VCSEL-based optical fiber links

doi:10.1364/OE.21.001830

Sub-cycle QAM modulation for VCSEL-based optical fiber links

Tien-Thang Pham, Roberto Rodes, Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, and Idelfonso Tafur Monroy »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 1830-1839 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.001830

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QAM modulation utilizing subcarrier frequency lower than the symbol rate is both theoretically and experimentally investigated. High spectral efficiency and concentration of power in low frequencies make sub-cycle QAM signals attractive for optical fiber links with direct modulated light sources. Real-time generated 10-Gbps 4-level QAM signal in a 7.5-GHz bandwidth utilizing subcarrier frequency at a half symbol rate was successfully transmitted over 20-km SMF using an un-cooled 1.5-µm VCSEL. Only 2.5-dB fiber transmission power penalty was observed with no equalization applied.

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(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(060.4080) Fiber optics and optical communications : Modulation

ToC Category:
Access Networks and LAN

History
Original Manuscript: October 2, 2012
Revised Manuscript: November 11, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: November 12, 2012
Published: January 17, 2013

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European Conference on Optical Communication 2012 (2012) Optics Express

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Tien-Thang Pham, Roberto Rodes, Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, and Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, "Sub-cycle QAM modulation for VCSEL-based optical fiber links," Opt. Express 21, 1830-1839 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-2-1830

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W. Hofmann, M. Müller, P. Wolf, A. Mutig, T. Gründl, G. Böhm, D. Bimberg, and M.-C. Amann, “40 Gbit/s modulation of 1550 nm VCSEL,” Electron. Lett.47(4), 270–271 (2011). [CrossRef]

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M. C. Y. Huang, K. B. Cheng, Y. Zhou, A. Pisano, and C. Chang-Hasnain, “Monolithic integrated piezoelectric MEMS-tunable VCSEL,” IEEE IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quantum Electron.13(2), 374–380 (2007). [CrossRef]

IEEE Trans. Commun.

J. Justesen, “Performance of product codes and related structures with iterated decoding,” IEEE Trans. Commun.59(2), 407–415 (2011). [CrossRef]

IEEE/OSA JOCN.

K. Prince, M. Ma, T. B. Gibbon, C. Neumeyr, E. Rönneberg, M. Ortsiefer, and I. Tafur Monroy, “Free-running 1550 nm VCSEL for 10.7 Gb/s transmission in 99.7 km PON,” IEEE/OSA JOCN.3, 399–403 (2011).

Opt. Express

E. Hugues-Salas, R. P. Giddings, X. Q. Jin, J. L. Wei, X. Zheng, Y. Hong, C. Shu, and J. M. Tang, “Real-time experimental demonstration of low-cost VCSEL intensity-modulated 11.25 Gb/s optical OFDM signal transmission over 25 km PON systems,” Opt. Express19(4), 2979–2988 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-4-2979 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Fiber Technol.

T. B. Gibbon, K. Prince, T. T. Pham, A. Tatarczak, C. Neumeyr, E. Rönneberg, M. Ortsiefer, and I. T. Monroy, “VCSEL transmission at 10Gb/s for 20km single mode fiber WDM-PON without dispersion compensation or injection locking,” Opt. Fiber Technol.17(1), 41–45 (2011). [CrossRef]

Other

R. Rodes, J. Estaran, B. Li, M. Muller, J. B. Jensen, T. Gruendl, M. Ortsiefer, C. Neumeyr, J. Rosskopf, K. J. Larsen, M.-C. Amann, and I. T. Monroy, “100 Gb/s single VCSEL data transmission link,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper PDP5D.
S. C. J. Lee, F. Breyer, S. Randel, J. Zeng, F. Huijskens, H. P. van den Boom, A. M. Koonen, and N. Hanik, “24-Gb/s transmission over 730 m of multimode fiber by direct modulation of an 850-nm VCSEL using discrete multi-tone modulation,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (Optical Society of America, 2009), paper PDP5.
K. Szczerba, B.-E. Olsson, P. Westbergh, A. Rhodin, J. S. Gustavsson, A. Haglund, M. Karlsson, A. Larsson, and P. A. Andrekson, "37 Gbps transmission over 200 m of MMF using single cycle subcarrier modulation and a VCSEL with 20 GHz modulation bandwidth," in Proceedings of 36th European Conference on Optical Communication (2010), paper We.7.B.2.
J. Proakis and M. Salehi, Digital Communications (McGraw-Hill, 2007).
B. Zhang, X. Zhao, L. Christen, D. Parekh, W. Hofmann, M. C. Wu, M. C. Amann, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, and A. E. Willner, “Adjustable chirp injection-locked 1.55-μm VCSELs for enhanced chromatic dispersion compensation at 10-Gbit/s,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (Optical Society of America, 2008) paper OWT7.
L. Xu, H. K. Tsang, W. Hofmann, and M.-C. Amann, “10-Gb/s colorless re-modulation of signal from 1550nm vertical cavity surface emitting laser array in WDM PON,” in Proceedings of Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (2009), paper CI3_4.
P. Moser, W. Hofmann, P. Wolf, G. Fiol, J. A. Lott, N. N. Ledentsov, and D. Bimberg, “83 fJ/bit energy-to-data ratio of 850-nm VCSEL at 17 Gb/s,” in Proceedings of 37th European Conference on Optical Communication (2011), pp. 1–3.
W. Hofmann, M. Görblich, G. Böhm, M. Ortsiefer, L. Xie, and M.-C. Amann, “Long-wavelength 2-D VCSEL arrays for optical interconnects,” in Proceedings of Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (2008), pp.1- 2.

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