High-speed optoelectronic hybrid-integrated transmitter module using a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) platform

Author

Mino, S. ; Ohyama, T. ; Akahori, Y. ; Yanagisawa, M. ; Hashimoto, T. ; Yamada, Y. ; Tsunetsugu, H. ; Togashi, M. ; Itaya, Y. ; Shibata, Y.

Author_Institution

NTT Opt. Network Syst. Lab., Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

10

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

875

Lastpage

877

Abstract

High-speed optoelectronic hybrid-integrated transmitter module has been developed using a silica-based planar lightwave circuit (PLC) platform on which a laser diode (LD) array and a two-channel LD driver IC were integrated. Heat absorption through a highly thermal conductive silicon terrace kept the average output power constant to within 5% during IC operation. Bit-error-rate (BER) measurement showed that this module operated successfully with a 9-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) signal. This indicates that the PLC platform does not have any adverse effect on the frequency bandwidth of the integrated chips. This approach, using the PLC platform for integrating optoelectronic devices and electronic ICs, will lead to the development of a high-speed optical multichip module for optical signal processing.

Keywords

digital signal processing chips; driver circuits; heat conduction; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; measurement errors; multichip modules; optical information processing; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; signal processing; 9 Gbit/s; Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero signal; IC operation; PLC platform; Si; average output power constant; bit-error-rate measurement; frequency bandwidth; heat absorption; high-speed optical multichip module; high-speed optoelectronic hybrid-integrated transmitter module; highly thermal conductive silicon terrace; integrated chips; laser diode array; module; optical signal processing; planar lightwave circuit platform; silica-based planar lightwave circuit; two-channel LD driver IC; Absorption; Diode lasers; Driver circuits; High speed integrated circuits; Hybrid integrated circuits; Optical arrays; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Programmable control; Semiconductor laser arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.681515

Filename

681515