Fast DAC solutions for future high symbol rate systems

X Chen, S Chandrasekhar… - 2017 Optical Fiber …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review electronic digital-to-analog converter (DAC) technologies with sampling rates
beyond 200 GSa/s and analog electrical bandwidths of 100 GHz using digital bandwidth …

Ultra-Wideband Digital-to-Analog Conversion Technologies for Tbit/s channel transmission

H Yamazaki, M Nagatani, F Hamaoka… - 2017 European …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review technologies to extend the analog bandwidth of electronic digital-to-analog
converters (DACs) using an analog multiplexer for advanced optical transmission systems …

High-speed digital-to-analog converter concepts

C Schmidt, C Kottke, V Jungnickel… - … , Sub-Systems, and …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In today's fiber-optic communication systems, the bandwidth of the photonic components, ie
modulators and photo diodes, is way greater than that of their electrical counterparts, ie …

Ultra-high-speed optical transmission using digital-preprocessed analog-multiplexed DAC

H Yamazaki, M Nagatani, F Hamaoka, K Horikoshi… - Optics …, 2018 - Elsevier
In advanced fiber transmission systems with digital signal processors (DSPs), analog
bandwidths of digital-to-analog converters (DACs), which interface the DSPs and optics, are …

Digital preemphasis in optical communication systems: On the DAC requirements for terabit transmission applications

D Rafique, A Napoli, S Calabro… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Next-generation coherent optical systems are geared to employ high-speed digital-to-
analog converters (DAC), allowing for digital preprocessing of the signal and flexible optical …

Data converters for 100 Gbit/s communication links and beyond

M Grözing, H Huang, XQ Du… - 2016 IEEE 16th Topical …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High speed data converters are key components for high-throughput wired, fiber optical, RF
and mm-wave communication systems that apply higher order modulation formats to …

A 60-GS/s 6-bit DAC in 0.5-µm InP HBT Technology for Optical Communications Systems

M Nagatani, H Nosaka, K Sano… - 2011 IEEE …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 60-GS/s 6-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for beyond-100-
Gb/s/ch optical communications systems. The DAC was designed and fabricated using our …

Advances in high-speed DACs, ADCs, and DSP for software defined optical modems

C Laperle, N Ben-Hamida… - 2013 IEEE Compound …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters (DACs and ADCs), as well as
digital signal processing (DSP) functions for software defined optical modems using rich …

All-electronic 100-GHz bandwidth digital-to-analog converter generating PAM signals up to 190 GBaud

X Chen, S Chandrasekhar, S Randel… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an all-electronic digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with 100-GHz electrical
bandwidth, sampling at 240 GSa/s, based on digital band interleaving (DBI). We discuss …

Digital-to-analog converters for high-speed optical communications using frequency interleaving: Impairments and characteristics

C Schmidt, C Kottke, R Freund, F Gerfers… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Digital-to-analog converters (DACs) for high-speed optical communication systems based
on CMOS technology have bandwidths lower than nowadays electro-optic components. A …