Optics express
Analog coherent link with expanded link budget from integrated lasers and transmission through an O-band wavelength selective switch.
Aaron Wissing, Junqian Liu, Evan Chansky, Stephen Misak, Aaron Maharry, Hector Andrade, Xinhong Du, Xiangwei Kong, Maximilien Thomas, Larry A Coldren, Adel A M Saleh, James F Buckwalter, Clint L Schow
Published: 202510.1364/OE.575481
Abstract
We report what is believed to be the first unamplified analog coherent link using heterogeneously integrated lasers in both the TX and RX. The link achieves a 10 dB fiber-to-fiber link budget while operating with BER below the KP-4 FEC threshold, and…
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