A 40Gb/s 8mW-OMA 1-to-N VCSEL Driver for Parallel and Wireless Optical Links Using 150nm GaN HEMT.

Kangping Zhong Shuo Sarah Feng Fuzhan Chen Ruitao Matthew Ma Hongyu Bruce Bao Kangping Zhong Alan Pak Tao Lau Chik Patrick Yue A 40Gb/s 8mW-OMA 1-to-N VCSEL Driver for Parallel and Wireless Optical Links Using 150nm GaN HEMT. ISSCC 2026 1-3 conf/isscc/2026 https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSCC49663.2026.11409357 db/conf/isscc/isscc2026.html#FengCMBZLY26 streams/conf/isscc X. P. Wang H. Yu X. J. Zhang L. W. Lu W. Wang Y. X. Yan Kangping Zhong S. H. Sun H. Cai Alan Pak Tao Lau A. Q. Liu Hong Kong Quantum Network with Chip-based QKD System for Cybersecurity. OFC 2026 1-3 conf/ofc/2026 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11525189 db/conf/ofc/ofc2026.html#WangYZLWYZSCLL26 streams/conf/ofc Hongcheng Wu Qi Hu Zhuojun Cai Gai Zhou Kangping Zhong Faisal Nadeem Khan Experimental Demonstration of Proactive Inline-EDFAs' Gain Degradation Detection and Localization in Optical Networks. 1-4 2025 ECOC https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC66593.2025.11263042 conf/ecoc/2025 db/conf/ecoc/ecoc2025.html#WuHCZZK25 streams/conf/ecoc Qi Wu Xiaoying Zhang Haiqiang Wei Juntao Cao Wenyu Wang Xinran Huang Tonghui Ji Zhaopeng Xu Chao Lu 0001 Alan Pak Tao Lau Kangping Zhong Field Trial of Converged Fixed-Mobile Coherent Optical Access Networks Enabled by Amplitude-Phase Layered Modulation. 1-4 2025 ECOC https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC66593.2025.11263274 conf/ecoc/2025 db/conf/ecoc/ecoc2025.html#WuZWCWHJXLLZ25 streams/conf/ecoc Juntao Cao Haiqiang Wei Changjian Guo Chao Lu 0001 Alan Pak Tao Lau Kangping Zhong Experimental Demonstration of 2×112Gbit/s PM-PAM4 IM/DD System using TFLN Polarization Controller. 1-3 2025 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11046474 conf/ofc/2025 db/conf/ofc/ofc2025.html#CaoWG0LZ25 Yuyuan Gao Xian Zhou 0001 Haiqiang Wei Juntao Cao Alan Pak Tao Lau Kangping Zhong A Low complexity Symbol-Rate Joint Equalization and Timing Recovery Scheme for Short-Reach Coherent Systems. 1-3 2025 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11046773 conf/ofc/2025 db/conf/ofc/ofc2025.html#Gao0WCLZ25 Haiqiang Wei Kemo Ran Steven Zhong Xiang Li Chao Lu 0001 Alan Pak Tao Lau Kangping Zhong Experimental Demonstration of APD-based Simplified Coherent Receiver for 100Gbit/s/λ Coherent PON Downstream Transmission. 1-3 2025 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11046716 conf/ofc/2025 db/conf/ofc/ofc2025.html#WeiRZL0LZ25 Haiqiang Wei Kemo Ran Kangping Zhong Alan Pak Tao Lau Changyuan Yu Chao Lu 0001 Experimental Demonstration of Amplifier-Less 82GBaud PAM4 Transmission over 40 km Using APD at O Band. 1-3 2024 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10527169 conf/ofc/2024 db/conf/ofc/ofc2024.html#WeiRZLYL24 Chuang Xu Yikun Chen Kangping Zhong Ke Zhang Chao Lu 0001 Cheng Wang Alan Pak Tao Lau 6.48 Tb/s Transmissions Using 50 GHz Integrated Lithium Niobate Flat-Top Electro-Optic Combs. 1-3 2024 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10527033 conf/ofc/2024 db/conf/ofc/ofc2024.html#XuCZZLWL24 Junwei Zhang Liwang Lu Heyun Tan Xiaojian Hong Chao Fei Kangping Zhong Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 CD-Aware OCT Precoding for C-Band 100-Gb/s IM/DD OFDM Transmission over 50-km SSMF. 1-3 2024 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10526677 conf/ofc/2024 db/conf/ofc/ofc2024.html#ZhangLTHFZLL24 Kangping Zhong Jinyu Mo Rich Grzybowski Alan Pak Tao Lau 400 Gbps PAM-4 Signal Transmission using a Monolithic Laser Integrated Silicon Photonics Transmitter. 1-3 2019 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8696449 conf/ofc/2019 db/conf/ofc/ofc2019.html#ZhongMGL19 Jiahao Huo Xian Zhou 0001 Kangping Zhong Changjian Guo Jinhui Yuan Jiajing Tu Keping Long Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Experimental Demonstration of Novel ETC Algorithm for 112 Gbit/s PAM-4 Signals Transmission Over 40km without Optical Amplifier. 1-3 2018 ECOC https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535100 conf/ecoc/2018 db/conf/ecoc/ecoc2018.html#HuoZZGYTLL018 Kangping Zhong Xian Zhou 0001 Jiahao Huo Hongyu Zhang Jinhui Yuan Yanfu Yang Changyuan Yu Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Amplifier-Less Transmission of Single Channel 112Gbit/s PAM4 Signal Over 40km Using 25G EML and APD at O band. 1-3 2017 ECOC https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC.2017.8345975 conf/ecoc/2017 db/conf/ecoc/ecoc2017.html#ZhongZHZYYYL017 Jiahao Huo Xian Zhou 0001 Kangping Zhong Tao Gui Yiguang Wang Liang Wang 0048 Jinhui Yuan Hongyu Zhang Keping Long Changyuan Yu Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 50-Gb/s PDM-DMT-SSB transmission over 40km SSMF using a single photodetector in C-band. 1-3 2017 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7937231 conf/ofc/2017 db/conf/ofc/ofc2017.html#HuoZZGWWYZLYLL17 Kangping Zhong Xian Zhou 0001 Yiguang Wang Tao Gui Yanfu Yang Jinhui Yuan Liang Wang 0048 Wei Chen Hongyu Zhang Jiangwei Man Li Zeng Changyuan Yu Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Recent advances in short reach systems. 1-3 2017 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7937185 conf/ofc/2017 db/conf/ofc/ofc2017.html#ZhongZWGYYWCZMZ17 Kangping Zhong Xian Zhou 0001 Yiguang Wang Jiahao Huo Hongyu Zhang Li Zeng Changyuan Yu Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Amplifier-less transmission of 56Gbit/s PAM4 over 60km using 25Gbps EML and APD. 1-3 2017 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7937179 conf/ofc/2017 db/conf/ofc/ofc2017.html#ZhongZWHZZYLL17 Xian Zhou 0001 Kangping Zhong Jiahao Huo Yiguang Wang Liang Wang 0048 Jiajing Tu Yanfu Yang Lei Gao Li Zeng Changyuan Yu Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 112-Gbit/s PDM-PAM4 transmission over 80-km SMF using digital coherent detection without optical amplifier. 1-3 2016 CSNDSP https://doi.org/10.1109/CSNDSP.2016.7573937 conf/csndsp/2016 db/conf/csndsp/csndsp2016.html#ZhouZHWWTYGZYLL16 Kangping Zhong Xian Zhou 0001 Yuliang Gao Yanfu Yang Wei Chen Jiangwei Man Li Zeng Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Transmission of 112Gbit/s single polarization half-cycle 16QAM Nyquist-SCM with 25Gbps EML and direct detection. 1-3 2015 ECOC https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341765 conf/ecoc/2015 db/conf/ecoc/ecoc2015.html#Zhong0GYCMZLL15 Guoliang Cao Yanfu Yang Kangping Zhong Xian Zhou 0001 Yong Yao Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Fast polarization-state tracking based on radius-directed linear Kalman filter. 1-3 2015 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7121766 conf/ofc/2015 db/conf/ofc/ofc2015.html#CaoYZZYLL15 Zhenhua Dong Qi Sui Alan Pak Tao Lau Kangping Zhong Liangchuan Li Zhaohui Li Chao Lu 0001 Optical performance monitoring in DSP-based coherent optical systems. 1-3 2015 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7122091 conf/ofc/2015 db/conf/ofc/ofc2015.html#DongSLZLLL15 Kangping Zhong Wei Chen Qi Sui Jiangwei Man Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Li Zeng Experimental demonstration of 500Gbit/s short reach transmission employing PAM4 signal and direct detection with 25Gbps device. 1-3 2015 OFC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7121685 conf/ofc/2015 db/conf/ofc/ofc2015.html#ZhongCSMLLZ15 Jie Liu 0098 Zhenhua Dong Kangping Zhong Alan Pak Tao Lau Chao Lu 0001 Yanzhao Lu Modulation format identification based on received signal power distributions for digital coherent receivers. 1-3 2014 OFC https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2014.Th4D.3 conf/ofc/2014 db/conf/ofc/ofc2014.html#LiuDZLLL14 Kangping Zhong Jian Hong Ke Ying Gao John C. Cartledge Alan Pak Tau Lau Chao Lu 0001 Carrier phase estimation for DP-16QAM using QPSK partitioning and quasi-multiplier-free algorithms. 1-3 2014 OFC https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2014.W4K.2 conf/ofc/2014 db/conf/ofc/ofc2014.html#ZhongKGCLL14 Jian Hong Ke Kangping Zhong Ying Gao Ali Bakhshali John C. Cartledge Low-complexity joint frequency offset and carrier phase estimation based on QPSK partitioning for DP 16-QAM. 1-3 2013 OFC/NFOEC https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6533069 conf/ofc/2013 db/conf/ofc/ofc2013.html#KeZGBC13 Ali Bakhshali Hongyu Bruce Bao H. Cai Zhuojun Cai Guoliang Cao Juntao Cao John C. Cartledge Fei ChaoChao Fei Fuzhan Chen Wei Chen Yikun Chen Zhenhua Dong Shuo Sarah Feng Lei Gao Ying Gao Yuliang Gao Yuyuan Gao Rich Grzybowski Tao Gui Changjian Guo Xiaojian Hong Qi Hu Xinran Huang Jiahao Huo Tonghui Ji Jian Hong Ke Faisal Nadeem Khan Alan Pak Tao Lau Alan Pak Tau Lau Liangchuan Li Xiang Li Zhaohui Li A. Q. Liu Jie Liu 0098 Keping Long Chao Lu 0001 L. W. Lu Liwang Lu Yanzhao Lu Ruitao Matthew Ma Jiangwei Man Jinyu Mo Kemo Ran Qi Sui S. H. Sun Heyun Tan Jiajing Tu Cheng Wang Liang Wang 0048 W. Wang Wenyu Wang X. P. Wang Yiguang Wang Haiqiang Wei Hongcheng Wu Qi Wu Chuang Xu Zhaopeng Xu Y. X. Yan Yanfu Yang Yong Yao Changyuan Yu H. Yu Jinhui Yuan C. Patrick YueChik Patrick Yue Li Zeng Hongyu Zhang Junwei Zhang Ke Zhang X. J. Zhang Xiaoying Zhang Steven Zhong Gai Zhou Xian Zhou 0001