Title :
Large-Scale InP Photonic Integrated Circuits: Enabling Efficient Scaling of Optical Transport Networks
Author :
Welch, David F. ; Kish, Fred A. ; Melle, Serge ; Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan ; Kato, Masaki ; Joyner, Charles H. ; Pleumeekers, Jacco L. ; Schneider, Richard P., Jr. ; Bäck, Johan ; Dentai, Andrew G. ; Dominic, Vincent G. ; Evans, Peter W. ; Kauffman, Mike ;
Author_Institution :
Infinera Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
Abstract :
An overview of commercially available large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs) in indium phosphide is provided. Results of 100-Gb/s PICs that are field-deployed in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) networks is provided, along with development results showing scaling of both channel count and channel bit rate to implement next-generation PICs with an aggregate capacity of 1.6 Tb/s. Use of PIC-enabled WDM systems allows affordable optical-electrical-optical (OEO) conversion and the implementation of "digital" optical networks with enhanced sub-wavelength reconfigurable bandwidth management, digital performance monitoring, and protection features. PICs will enable the continued capacity scaling required for next-generation IP core networks and support of high-bandwith 40-G and 100-GbE service connectivity between core routers
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; IP networks; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical fibre networks; quality of service; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.6 Tbit/s; 100 Gbit/s; IP core networks; InP; InP photonic integrated circuits; capacity scaling; channel bit rate; channel count scaling; core routers; digital optical networks; digital performance monitoring; high-bandwidth service connectivity; large-scale photonic integrated circuits; optical transport networks; optical-electrical-optical conversion; reconfigurable bandwidth management; subwavelength bandwidth management; wavelength-division multiplexing; Aggregates; Bit rate; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Large scale integration; Next generation networking; Optical fiber networks; Photonic integrated circuits; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Integrated optoelectronics; large-scale photonic integration; optical fiber communication; optical receivers; optical transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2006.890068
