800G-2xFR4 Silicon Photonics Chip

Tamar

The ‘Tamar’ is an 800Gbps Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) chip, supporting two transmit channels of 400G-FR4, and utilizing 100Gbps per each of its eight optical lanes. It is based on Silicon Photonics (SiPho) technology and includes eight low-loss Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZMs), two athermal low-loss integrated muxes, low speed phase shifters, and power monitors.

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About this product

  • Small footprint silicon photonics transmit-side PIC
  • Low-loss athermal integrated mux
  • Superior link budget due to low modulation insertion loss
  • Designed for external lasers; can close link budget with 40mW laser source per wavelength
  • Modulators are continuously self-calibrated using integrated power monitors
  • TEC-less operation using DustPhotonics’ self-calibration algorithm
  • 90 Ω typical differential input impedance

Optical Interface

2xFR4 (8X100G)

Data Rate

800G

Integrated / External Laser

External

Engine / Chip

Chip

Applications

800G-2XFR4 for QSFP or OSFP up to 2km
Fully retimed (DSP) for FRO, LRO and LPO applications

PIC die dimensions

5.5 mm x 5.4 mm

Laser Inputs

4

Optical Outputs

2

Coupling Type

Fiber butt coupling

External Laser

4 × 40mW class laser sources (one per wavelength)

DPSP-812FR4-0BC