Low-cost hybrid integrated 4 &#215; 25 GBaud PAM-4 CWDM ROSA with a PLC-based arrayed waveguide grating de-multiplexer

Lei Liu; Limin Chang; Yingxin Kuang; Zezheng Li; Yang Liu; Huan Guan; Manqing Tan; Yude Yu; Zhiyong Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000722

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