Author:
Ozolins Oskars,Ostrovskis Armands,Salgals Toms,Krüger Benjamin,Pittala Fabio,Joharifar Mahdieh,Schatz Richard,Che Di,Matsui Yasuhiro,Dippon Thomas,Fan Yuchuan,Udalcovs Aleksejs,Chacinski Marek,Westergren Urban,Zhang Lu,Mardoyan Haik,Yu Xianbin,Spolitis Sandis,Popov Sergei,Gruen Markus,Bobrovs Vjaceslavs,Louchet Hadrien,Pang Xiaodan
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate and compare EML- and DML-based optical interconnects with 106.25 Gbaud NRZ-OOK and PAM4 for computing applications. The results show that both transmitters can be used to enable optical-amplification-free transmissions with low-complexity DSP.