Advances in Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) and Their Impact on Fiber Optic Transmission Systems

Author

Welch, David F. ; Kish, Fred ; Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan ; Joyner, Charles ; Schneider, Richard, Jr. ; Dominic, Vincent ; Mitchell, Matthew ; Grubb, Stephen ; Chiang, Ting-Kuang ; Perkins, Drew ; Nilsson, Alan

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

571

Lastpage

572

Abstract

This paper will discuss the development of large-scale photonic integrated circuits (LS PICs) that enable greater penetration of digital signal management into the network. These LS PICs dramatically change the cost structure of conversion of the signal between the optical and electronic domains and thus enable the utilization of the vast array of available technologies for digital signal management, such as performance monitoring, fault sectioning, switching, grooming, and routing at a greatly improved depth within the network

Keywords

integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM large scale PIC transmitter; digital signal management; electronic domains; fault sectioning; fiber optic transmission system; large-scale photonic integrated circuits; optical domains; performance monitoring; routing; structural cost; switching; Costs; Integrated circuit technology; Integrated optics; Large scale integration; Monitoring; Optical arrays; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Photonic integrated circuits; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2006.278787

Filename

4054312