OFC is the premier global event for optical communications and networking, bringing together thousands of exhibitors, attendees, and media from across the globe. It was held from 6 to 10 March in San Diego, CA, the USA where hosted 8,000 participants and 430 exhibiting companies. Check it out here.
Two papers were presented in OFC postdeadline session on March 10:
1) 11 Gb/s LWIR FSO Transmission at 9.6 µm Using a Directly-Modulated Quantum Cascade Laser and an Uncooled Quantum Cascade DetectorIn this research a record 11 Gb/s LWIR FSO transmission is demonstrated with a 9.6-µm directly-modulated QCL and a fully passive QCD without cooling, surpassing the previous bitrate record of DM-QCL-based FSO in this spectral window by 4 times.
This research is partly funded by the ERDF-funded CARAT project (No. 1.1.1.2/VIAA/4/20/660)
2) Optical Amplification-Free 200 Gbaud On-Off Keying Link for Intra-Data Center CommunicationsWe demonstrate a 200 Gbaud OOK link without any optical amplification using C-band externally modulated laser with 3.3 dBm of modulated output power. We achieve below 6.25% overhead HD-FEC threshold after 200 meters of standard single-mode fiber.
This research is partly funded by the ERDF-funded RINGO project (No. 1.1.1.1/21/A/052).