64 GBd DP-Bipolar-8ASK Transmission over 120 km SSMF Employing a Monolithically Integrated Driver and MZM in 0.25-um SiGe BiCMOS Technology

Gilda Raoof Mehrpoor; Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst; Benjamin Wohlfeil; Robert Elschner; Danish Rafique; Robert Emmerich; Annika Dochhan; Iria Lopez; Pedro Rito; Despoina Petousi; Dietmar Kissinger; Lars Zimmermann; Colja Schubert; Bernhard Schmauss; Michael Eiselt; Jörg-Peter Elbers

paper

64 GBd DP-Bipolar-8ASK Transmission over 120 km SSMF Employing a Monolithically Integrated Driver and MZM in 0.25-um SiGe BiCMOS Technology

arXiv:2006.05350

Abstract

We demonstrate 64 GBd signal generation up to bipolar-8-ASK utilizing a single MZM, monolithically integrated with segmented drivers in SiGe. Using polarization multiplexing, 300-Gb/s net data rate transmission over 120 km SSMF is shown.

This work has been partially funded by German ministry of education and research (BMBF) under the Celtic projects SENDATE Secure-DCI (16KIS0479) and SPEED (13N13748, 13N13744)