A Temporal Tail-Cutting Approach for Optimizing High-Speed Performance of Ge-Si Photodetectors

• DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2025.th1e.4
• Publication Date: 2025-06-03T14:54:26Z
• Authors: Bohan Chu; Shihuan Ran; Xinhang Li; Yu Li; Jianping Chen; Linjie Zhou

We propose a physically realizable temporal tail-cutting algorithm for Ge-Si photodetectors. We achieve a 160 Gbps data transmission with the transmitter dispersion eye closure quaternary (TDECQ) enhanced from 5.13 dB to 2.64 dB, when the algorithm is engaged.