Compact 100 Gb/s Ethernet Transmitter Optical Sub-Assembly Using Polarization Beam Combiner

Author

Ohyama, Takaharu ; Ohki, Akira ; Takahata, K. ; Ito, Takao ; Nunoya, Nobuhiro ; Fujisawa, T. ; Kanazawa, S. ; Iga, R. ; Sanjoh, H.

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

Volume

25

Issue

24

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec.15, 2013

Firstpage

2416

Lastpage

2418

Abstract

A compact transmitter optical sub-assembly (TOSA) has been developed for a 100 Gb/s Ethernet system with a long transmission distance of 40 km over single-mode fiber. The TOSA consists of electro-absorption modulator integrated distributed feedback laser diode arrays and a polarization beam combiner for wavelength multiplexing to obtain a high optical output power and a high dynamic extinction ratio. We confirmed that the TOSA successfully achieved an error-free four-lane ×25.8 Gb/s transmission, i.e., a total bit-rate of 100 Gb/s, over 40 km.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre LAN; optical transmitters; semiconductor laser arrays; wavelength division multiplexing; Ethernet transmitter optical subassembly; TOSA; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; distance 40 km; electro-absorption modulator; integrated distributed feedback laser diode arrays; polarization beam combiner; single mode fiber; wavelength multiplexing; Adaptive optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; 100 Gb/s Ethernet; TOSA; distributed feedback laser; electro-absorption modulator; polarization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2287350

Filename

6648435