Crosstalk Characteristics and Performance of VCSEL Array for Multicore Fiber Interconnects
Journal article, 2015

This paper investigates the crosstalk characteristics of a dense two-dimensional 6-channel 850-nm VCSEL array designed for multimode multicore fiber (MCF) interconnects. Interchannel optical, thermal, and electrical crosstalk is measured and found to not affect channel integrity and receiver sensitivity when transmitting data over an MCF with a fiber fan-out. We demonstrate error-free data transmission (bit-error-ratio <10(-12)) up to 40 Gb/s/channel over an MCF, which shows promise for an aggregate capacity of 240 Gb/s over a single fiber in a future link.

high-speed modulation

semiconductor lasers

multicore fiber

crosstalk

optical interconnects

Vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)

array

Author

Petter Westbergh

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Johan Gustavsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Anders Larsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

T. F. Taunay

OFS Laboratories

L. Bansal

OFS Laboratories

Lars Gruner-Nielsen

OFS Fitel Denmark ApS

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

1077-260X (ISSN) 15584542 (eISSN)

Vol. 21 6 1-7 7065223

Subject Categories

Communication Systems

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/jstqe.2015.2416124

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