• Advanced Photonics Nexus
  • Vol. 3, Issue 3, 036007 (2024)
Qi Wu1、2、3, Zhaopeng Xu1、*, Yixiao Zhu2、*, Tonghui Ji1, Honglin Ji1, Yu Yang1, Junpeng Liang1, Chen Cheng1, Gang Qiao1, Zhixue He1, Jinlong Wei1, Qunbi Zhuge2, and Weisheng Hu1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
  • 2Shanghai Jiao Tong University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai, China
  • 3University of L’Aquila, Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, L’Aquila, Italy
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.APN.3.3.036007 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Qi Wu, Zhaopeng Xu, Yixiao Zhu, Tonghui Ji, Honglin Ji, Yu Yang, Junpeng Liang, Chen Cheng, Gang Qiao, Zhixue He, Jinlong Wei, Qunbi Zhuge, Weisheng Hu. Beyond 200-Gb/s O-band intensity modulation and direct detection optics with joint look-up-table-based predistortion and digital resolution enhancement for low-cost data center interconnects[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2024, 3(3): 036007 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose a joint look-up-table (LUT)-based nonlinear predistortion and digital resolution enhancement scheme to achieve high-speed and low-cost optical interconnects using low-resolution digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The LUT-based predistortion is employed to mitigate the pattern-dependent effect (PDE) of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), while the digital resolution enhancer (DRE) is utilized to shape the quantization noise, lowering the requirement for the resolution of DAC. We experimentally demonstrate O-band intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) transmission of 124-GBd 4 / 6-level pulse-amplitude modulation ( PAM ) -4 / 6 and 112-GBd PAM-8 signals over a 2-km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) with 3 / 3.5 / 4-bit DACs. In the case of 40-km SSMF transmission with an SOA-based preamplifier, 124-GBd on-off-keying (OOK)/PAM-3/PAM-4 signals are successfully transmitted with 1.5 / 2 / 3-bit DACs. To the best of our knowledge, we have achieved the highest net data rates of 235.3-Gb / s PAM-4, 289.7-Gb / s PAM-6, and 294.7 Gb / s PAM-8 signals over 2-km SSMF, as well as 117.6-Gb / s OOK, 173.8-Gb / s PAM-3, and -231.8 Gb / s PAM-4 signals over 40-km SSMF, employing low-resolution DACs. The experimental results reveal that the joint LUT-based predistortion and DRE effectively mitigate the PDE and improve the signal-to-quantization noise ratio by shaping the noise. The proposed scheme can provide a powerful solution for low-cost IM/DD optical interconnects beyond 200 Gb / s.
    E(k)=Y(k)XT(k).

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    LUT(i)=LUT(i)+E(k).

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    LUT_e(i)=LUT(i)/C(i).

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    SLUT(k)=S(k)LUT_e(i).

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    q(n)=xq(n)x(n),

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    qeff(n)=yq(n)y(n)=xq(n)*h(n)x(n)*h(n)=q(n)*h(n),

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    qdq(n)=qro(n)+u(n)×Δ,

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    MSE=E[|qeff(n)|2]=1Nn=0N1|qeff(n)|2,

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    Qi Wu, Zhaopeng Xu, Yixiao Zhu, Tonghui Ji, Honglin Ji, Yu Yang, Junpeng Liang, Chen Cheng, Gang Qiao, Zhixue He, Jinlong Wei, Qunbi Zhuge, Weisheng Hu. Beyond 200-Gb/s O-band intensity modulation and direct detection optics with joint look-up-table-based predistortion and digital resolution enhancement for low-cost data center interconnects[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2024, 3(3): 036007
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