VCSEL application in fiber LAN——The development of low cost, fine quality 1.25 Gbs laser transceiver.docVIP

VCSEL application in fiber LAN 棗 The development of low cost, fine quality 1.25Gb/s laser transceiver Zhang Heng Grade 00, School of information technology, Department of electronics Abstract This project aims at designing a low cost, fine quality 1.25 Gb/s laser transceiver, which is mainly used in LAN, with VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser).This paper gives a brief introduction of the optical fiber system and the character of VCSEL, discusses the design principle and structure of the transceiver and shows an experimental result. 摘要 本项目的主要内容是利用VCSEL(垂直腔面发射半导体激光器)设计并制作一种专门用于接入网和家庭用户的、具有良好性能与较低成本的1.25 Gb/s光收发一体化模块。本文先对光纤通信系统、光收发模块及VCSEL的特点作简要介绍，再着重阐述本项目中光收发一体化模块的设计原理、组成与实验测试结果。 1. The significance of the task In modern society, with the development of science and technology, communication becomes so frequent and the information content is so huge that it is of vital importance to find a new fast-transmitting media. For instance, the 10/100 Mbp/s Fast Ethernet running on CAT 5E cables has dominated LAN standards for years. However, it still takes considerable time to transfer the content of a 2-hour long movie. It seems that LAN system based on cable is not capable for today’s information transmission. At the same time, with the rapid development of optical fiber communication technology, it is already common for fiber to reach a 10Gbp/s transmitting rate, and the rate will soon soar to 40Gbp/s. Moreover, the connecting speed of network device is speeding up, and traditional LAN media (e g. copper) is no longer suitable for high-speed information transmission. Table 1.Transmitting rate vs. distance for copper cable Transmitting rate Transmitting distance 2 Mb/s Several kilometers 100 Mb/s 100 meters 2.5 Gb/s Less than 5 meters It can be seen from table 1 that the application of fiber in LAN is inevitable. According to the distance light travels, the optical fiber communication can be classified as WAN (Wide Area Network) and LAN (Loc