Ultracompact monolithic integration of balanced, polarization diversity photodetectors for coherent lightwave receivers

Author

Deri, R.J. ; Pennings, E.C.M. ; Scherer, A. ; Gozdz, A.S. ; Caneau, C. ; Andreadakis, N.C. ; Shah, V. ; Curtis, L. ; Hawkins, R.J. ; Soole, J.B.D. ; Song, J.-I.

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

4

Issue

11

fYear

1992

Firstpage

1238

Lastpage

1240

Abstract

The authors have monolithically integrated an optical front-end on InP for balanced, polarization-diversity coherent lightwave reception which is only 1.3-mm long. Low on-chip insertion loss (<4.5 dB) and balanced photoresponse (1.05:1 or better) are achieved at 1.5- mu m wavelength using straightforward, regrowth-free fabrication. Low-capacitance photodetectors (>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; iron; optical receivers; p-i-n diodes; photodetectors; photodiodes; 1.3 mm; 1.5 micron; 4.5 dB; IR; InGaAsP-InGaAs-InGaAsP; InP; InP:Fe; balanced photodetectors; balanced photoresponse; coherent lightwave receivers; high bandwidth operation; integrated optoelectronics; low-capacitance photodetectors; monolithically integrated; on-chip insertion loss; optical front-end; p-i-n photodiodes; polarization diversity photodetectors; regrowth-free fabrication; semiconductors; Capacitance; Couplers; Diversity reception; Integrated optics; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical interconnections; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.166954

Filename

166954