The Small Form-Factor Pluggable 10 Gigabit Single-Mode Limiting SFP+ (SFP+) optical transceiver is a fully duplex serial electric, serial optical device with both transmit and receive functions contained in a single module that provides a high speed serial link at 10 Gbs. Installed into an appropriate host module, the SFP+ provides a 10 Gigabit interface to the supporting system.