Impact of laser dynamics on 56 Gbps PAM-4 modulation of 25G class, 1310 nm, directly modulated lasers

We investigate the effects of large signal dynamics and extinction ratio on the quality of 56 Gbps PAM-4 modulation with 1310 nm, 25G class directly modulated lasers.

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