A Temporal Tail-Cutting Approach for Optimizing HighSpeed Performance of Ge-Si Photodetectors

We propose a physically realizable temporal tail-cutting algorithm for Ge-Si photodetectors. We achieve a 160 Gbps data transmission with the transmitter dispersion eye closure quaternary (TDECQ) enhanced from 5.13 dB to 2.64 dB, when the algorithm is engaged.