Evaluation of a COTS coherent optical transceiver for optical satellite link DSP

Kurzfassung

The objective of this thesis is to design, implement, and verify an evaluation board for C Form-factor Pluggable 2-Analogue Coherent Optics (CFP2-ACO) modules. These modules are optical transceivers used in high-bandwidth point-to-point communication. Typical applications are data centers and optical satellite links. The developed evaluation board aims to provide reliable powering, initialization and control of a CFP2-ACO module. Testing verified these requirements, however the electrical highspeed data lines operate at a limited frequency range and the optical transmission path did not reach a fully operational state. Overall this work establishes the groundwork for CFP2-ACO module evaluation and enables further research in the use of analog transceivers.