Monolithic InP Multiwavelength Coherent Receiver Using a Chirped Arrayed Waveguide Grating

Author

Doerr, C.R. ; Zhang, L. ; Winzer, P.J.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

29

Issue

4

fYear

2011

Firstpage

536

Lastpage

541

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a novel four-channel monolithic polarization-diversity dual-quadrature coherent receiver with balanced detection in InP. It uses an interleave-chirped arrayed waveguide grating that acts simultaneously as a demultiplexer, four polarization splitters, and four 90° hybrids. There are no waveguide crossings, and the polarization extinction ratio is >;21 dB and the hybrid phase error magnitude is <; 1° without any post-fabrication adjustments. We demonstrate 4×43-Gb/s reception.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; arrayed waveguide gratings; extinction coefficients; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical beam splitters; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; InP; demultiplexer; fiber coupling; four-channel monolithic polarization-diversity dual-quadrature coherent receiver; interleave-chirped arrayed waveguide grating; monolithic multiwavelength coherent receiver; phase error; photonic integrated circuits; polarization extinction ratio; polarization splitters; Gratings; indium phosphide; local oscillators; optical polarization; photonic integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2010.2097240

Filename

5659461