Table 1.

List of Device and System Characteristics (Full Link).

Quantity	Value	Comment
GC IL (Tx)	4.8 dB	Per GC
RRM Ext.	8.9 dB
RRM MP	8.4 dB	As defined in II.A.2
SOA Gain	24 dB	SOA + up & downstream isolators
SOA NF	10 dBe	SOA + up & downstream isolators
40 GHz Filter IL	1.6 dB
FC-PD Ext. Resp.	0.21 A/W	Includes 6 dB excess Rx GC losses
TIA Inp. Ref. Noise	2 μA	Integrated over Rx bandwidth
ISI Penalty (25 G)	2.65 dB	Rx signal distortion @ 25 Gbps