Indium Phosphide Photonic Integrated Circuits for Coherent Optical Links

Author

Binetti, Pietro R A ; Lu, Mingzhi ; Norberg, Erik J. ; Guzzon, Robert S. ; Parker, John S. ; Sivananthan, Abirami ; Bhardwaj, Ashish ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Rodwell, Mark J. ; Coldren, Larry A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

48

Issue

2

fYear

2012

Firstpage

279

Lastpage

291

Abstract

We demonstrate photonic circuits monolithically integrated on an InP-based platform for use in coherent communication links. We describe a technology platform that allows for the integration of numerous circuit elements. We show examples of an integrated transmitter which offers an on-chip wavelength-division-multiplexing source with a flat gain profile across a 2 THz band and a new device design to provide a flatted gain over a 5 THz band. We show coherent receivers incorporating an integrated widely tunable local oscillator as well as an optical PLL. Finally, we demonstrate a tunable optical bandpass filter for use in analog coherent radio frequency links with a measured spurious-free dynamic range of 86.3 dB-Hz^2/3 as well as an improved design to exceed 117 dB-Hz^2/3.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; band-pass filters; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; microwave photonics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical filters; optical links; optical receivers; optical transmitters; oscillators; semiconductor quantum wells; silicon; sulphur; wavelength division multiplexing; InP:Zn-InGaAsP:Si-InP-Si-InP:S; analog coherent radio frequency links; bandwidth 2 THz; bandwidth 5 THz; circuit elements; coherent communication links; coherent optical links; coherent receivers; integrated transmitter; monolithic integration; on-chip wavelength division multiplexing source; optical PLL; photonic integrated circuits; tunable optical bandpass filter; widely tunable local oscillator; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Coherent detection; microwave photonics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical filters; optical receivers; optical transmitters; photonic integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2011.2178590

Filename

6097010