I am sorry to prick your bubble, but your simulations are based on references that are less relevant now. The state of the art of silicon photonics modulators has moved ahead, though not fully reported in public domain.
The co-authors and supporters of PAM proposal are preparing to bring some very encouraging data in March, assuming this study group will give them an opportunity.
Regards,
Vipul
Vipul Bhatt
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> During this afternoon’s NG 100G OE SG meeting, a proposal for PAM-8 and
> PAM-16 modulation 100GE alternatives were presented.
>
>
> It appears that required silicon modulator speed as measured by rise and
> fall times is about 3 times faster than the fastest reported devices in the
> literature.
>
> The PAM-8 and PAM-16 eyes when simulated with the speed reported by other
> companies (IBM, ALU, Fujikura, Intel, Luxtera) result in largely closed
> eyes.
>
> We have submitted a post-deadline presentation showing ideal simulations
> where the ONLY optical device limitation is rise/fall time which is the
> simplest impairment to look at.
>
> Because of the full schedule, we may not get the time to present it. The
> presentation is posted at the following ftp site and available for download
> for those interested:
>
>
> username: ieee
>
> password: ieee8023
>
> file name: cole_03_0112_NG100GOPTX.pdf
>
>
> Chris