25Gb/s 3-level Burst-Mode Receiver for High Serial Rate TDM-PONs

• DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2015.th4h.2
• Publication Date: 2015-03-25T14:11:06Z
• Authors: Xin Yin; Jochem Verbist; Timothy De Keulenaer; Bart Moeneclaey; Jochen Verbrugghe; Xing-Zhi Qiu; Johan Bauwelinck
• Keywords: Burst mode (computing)

We report the first 25Gb/s 3-level modulated BM-RX employing a ¼-rate linear BM APD-TIA and custom decoder IC. successfully demonstrated burst-mode sensitivity of −20.4dBm with 18dB dynamic burst-to-burst for upstream links.