Large-scale photonic integrated circuits

Author

Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan ; Joyner, Charles H. ; Schneider, Richard P., Jr. ; Bostak, Jeffrey S. ; Butrie, Timothy ; Dentai, Andrew G. ; Dominic, Vincent G. ; Evans, Peter W. ; Kato, Masaki ; Kauffman, Mike ; Lambert, Damien J H ; Mathis, Sheila K. ; Mathu

Author_Institution

Infinera Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

65

Abstract

100-Gb/s dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) transmitter and receiver photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are demonstrated. The transmitter is realized through the integration of over 50 discrete functions onto a single monolithic InP chip. The resultant DWDM PICs are capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving ten wavelengths at 10 Gb/s on a DWDM wavelength grid. Optical system performance results across a representative DWDM long-haul link are presented for a next-generation optical transport system using these large-scale PICs. The large-scale PIC enables significant reductions in cost, packaging complexity, size, fiber coupling, and power consumption.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; large scale integration; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical receivers; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 100 Gbit/s; DWDM long-haul link; DWDM wavelength grid; InP; cost reduction; dense wavelength division multiplexed circuits; fiber coupling; large-scale PIC; monolithic InP chip; next-generation optical transport system; optical system performance; packaging complexity; photonic integrated circuits; power consumption; Costs; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Large scale integration; Large-scale systems; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photonic integrated circuits; System performance; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2004.841721

Filename

1395890