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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 3, 036007(2024)

Beyond 200-Gb/s O-band intensity modulation and direct detection optics with joint look-up-table-based predistortion and digital resolution enhancement for low-cost data center interconnects

Qi Wu1,2,3, Zhaopeng Xu1、*, Yixiao Zhu2、*, Tonghui Ji1, Honglin Ji1, Yu Yang1, Junpeng Liang1, Chen Cheng1, Gang Qiao1, Zhixue He1, Jinlong Wei1, Qunbi Zhuge2, and Weisheng Hu1,2
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  • 1Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
  • 2Shanghai Jiao Tong University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai, China
  • 3University of L’Aquila, Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, L’Aquila, Italy
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    Qi Wu, Zhaopeng Xu, Yixiao Zhu, Tonghui Ji, Honglin Ji, Yu Yang, Junpeng Liang, Chen Cheng, Gang Qiao, Zhixue He, Jinlong Wei, Qunbi Zhuge, Weisheng Hu. Beyond 200-Gb/s O-band intensity modulation and direct detection optics with joint look-up-table-based predistortion and digital resolution enhancement for low-cost data center interconnects[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2024, 3(3): 036007

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Dec. 29, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 3, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 25, 2024

    The Author Email: Xu Zhaopeng (xuzhp@pcl.ac.cn), Zhu Yixiao (yixiaozhu@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.3.036007

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