Equalized 42.8 Gb/s Transmission Based on a 10Gb/s EML Transmitter

A low cost 10 Gb/s electro-absorption modulated laser was directly driven by 42.8Gb/s data stream and matched by electronic equalization performed at the receiver to achieve OC-768 transmission. We demonstrate an uncompensated OC-768 reach of 21 km over standard single mode fiber.