Ultra-low-power 10 to 28.5 Gb/s CMOS-driven VCSEL-based optical links [Invited]

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Proesel, Jonathan E ^a   Lee, Benjamin G ^a   Rylyakov, Alexander V ^a   Baks, Christian W ^a   Schow, Clint L ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits; Feedforward equalization (FFE); Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optoelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; FEED-FORWARD; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SILICON AREA; ULTRA-LOW POWER; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

LASERS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TRANSMITTERS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84870558918     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.4.00B114     Document Type: Article

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