High-Speed TO-Can Packaged Optical Modules

摘要

For high-speed and low-cost optical fiber communication systems, development of low-cost optical transceiver modules is necessary. TO-Can packaged optical modules have the advantages of low cost, compact size, and simple assembly process for mass production. In this paper, the high frequency characteristics of a TO-Can header were simulated through a three dimensional full wave electromagnetic simulator. The S-parameters and eye diagrams of a TO-Can header also were measured using our special K type adaptors. It has been verified that the TO-46 header can be operated at 25 Gb/s. The 25 Gb/s TO-46 vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) module has been also fabricated. The 25 Gb/s TO-46 VCSEL module is potential to be applied in high-speed optical data-link networks.