VCSEL modulation at 20Gb/s over 200m of multimode fiber using a 3.3v SiGe laser driver IC

Abstract

To date, numerous groups have demonstrated large signal modulation of VCSELs up to 12.5Gb/s and up to 15.6Gb/s. This paper reports on experiments driving VCSEL based optical links to 20Gb/s which is the fastest known VCSEL link drive by 3 volt ICs and operating over premises length multimode fiber.