25-Gb/s 100-m MMF Transmission Using a Prototype 1.3- $\mu{\rm m}$-Range CMOS-Based Transceiver for Optical Interconnections

A prototype transceiver composed of a 1.3-μm-range lens-integrated laser diode and photodiode as well as a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) laser diode driver and a CMOS transimpedance amplifier for high-speed optical interconnections was developed. It demonstrated 25-Gb/s error-free 100-m multimode fiber transmission, with power dissipation of only 9 mW/Gb/s, for the first time.