Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulation

Record energy efficiency of 97 fJ bit ^−1 of 940 nm single mode VCSELs for four level pulse amplitude modulation at 100 Gbps across 100 meters of OM5 multimode lensed fiber at 25 °C is demonstrated. This value is, to the best of our knowledge, the best energy efficiency at such large modulation rate...

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Main Authors: Ilya A Derebezov, Zi-Heng Zhou, Mansoor A Maricar, Yu-Hao Wang, Xing-Chen Ai, Georgy A Sapunov, Si-Cong Tian, Dieter Bimberg
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adf166
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Dieter Bimberg
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description Record energy efficiency of 97 fJ bit ^−1 of 940 nm single mode VCSELs for four level pulse amplitude modulation at 100 Gbps across 100 meters of OM5 multimode lensed fiber at 25 °C is demonstrated. This value is, to the best of our knowledge, the best energy efficiency at such large modulation rates and distances reported in literature so far. As compared to previous VCSEL designs of us, the number and the design of the mirrors and quantum wells are optimized and the peak gain/ distributed Bragg reflectors max transmission is set to −15 nm. Employing these VCSELs in next generation data centers will reduce considerably their power budget, which is controlled by the energy efficiency of the optical interconnects.
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spelling doaj-art-7f17d20ff5884707a6794136b795f10c2025-08-20T03:32:28ZengIOP PublishingJPhys Photonics2515-76472025-01-017303503010.1088/2515-7647/adf166Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulationIlya A Derebezov0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5708-1955Zi-Heng Zhou1Mansoor A Maricar2Yu-Hao Wang3Xing-Chen Ai4Georgy A Sapunov5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-2178Si-Cong Tian6https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3610-5993Dieter Bimberg7Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of ChinaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of ChinaBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; Center of Nanophotonics , Institute of Solid-State Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, Berlin, GermanyBimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics & State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology , Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; Center of Nanophotonics , Institute of Solid-State Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, Berlin, GermanyRecord energy efficiency of 97 fJ bit ^−1 of 940 nm single mode VCSELs for four level pulse amplitude modulation at 100 Gbps across 100 meters of OM5 multimode lensed fiber at 25 °C is demonstrated. This value is, to the best of our knowledge, the best energy efficiency at such large modulation rates and distances reported in literature so far. As compared to previous VCSEL designs of us, the number and the design of the mirrors and quantum wells are optimized and the peak gain/ distributed Bragg reflectors max transmission is set to −15 nm. Employing these VCSELs in next generation data centers will reduce considerably their power budget, which is controlled by the energy efficiency of the optical interconnects.https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adf166VCSELPAM-4energy efficiency
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Yu-Hao Wang
Xing-Chen Ai
Georgy A Sapunov
Si-Cong Tian
Dieter Bimberg
Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulation
JPhys Photonics
VCSEL
PAM-4
energy efficiency
title Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulation
title_full Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulation
title_fullStr Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulation
title_full_unstemmed Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulation
title_short Record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm VCSELs at 100+ Gbps under PAM4 modulation
title_sort record energy efficiency of single mode 940 nm vcsels at 100 gbps under pam4 modulation
topic VCSEL
PAM-4
energy efficiency
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adf166
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