High Performance Gigabit/s Electronic Circuits enabling Terabit/s Optical Communication Systems Invited paper

In this paper, we present important challenges in modern optical networks generated by a skyrocketing traffic demand growth. We present the recent evolutions in hardware and software used for optical transmission. Semiconductor technologies for high-speed ICs and examples of circuit design and realizations are discussed. Finally, we present the key and recent system experiments for new generations transceiver developments.