As link bit rates within and between data centers continue to increase, it is challenging to
maintain low power consumption while accommodating ever-tighter optical link budgets …

Increased traffic demands within and between data centers now necessitate low-cost and
low-power systems with per-wavelength bit rates beyond what can be easily achieved using …

We report the first demonstration of a full O-band coherent link for intra-data center
applications, including custom photonic and electronic integrated circuits for the transmitter …

Co-packaging of optical and electronic interfaces inside data center switches has been
proposed to reduce the system-level power consumption and support higher density, higher …

Coherent detection offers high spectral efficiency and receiver sensitivity, but digital signal
processing (DSP)-based coherent receivers may be prohibitively power hungry for data …

A Comparative Study of Technology Options for Next Generation Intra- and Inter-datacenter
Interconnects Page 1 W4E.1.pdf OFC 2018 © OSA 2018 A Comparative Study of Technology …

Coherent data transmission applications to the data center interconnect space are
presented. We discuss methods of increasing the data rate beyond 400Gb/s, and the …

As datacenters continue to scale in size, energy efficiency for short reach (<; 2 km) links is a
major factor for networks that may connect hundreds of thousands of servers. We …

We propose a DSP-free coherent-lite system that requires neither high-speed DSP nor high-
resolution signal converters for deployment inside datacenters over single mode fiber links …

In this tutorial, we discuss the evolution of the technology deployed for optical interconnects
and the trade-offs in the design of low complexity, low power DSP and implementation for …