Monolithic InP Dual-Polarization and Dual-Quadrature Coherent Receiver

Author

Doerr, C.R. ; Zhang, L. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Weimann, N. ; Houtsma, V. ; Hu, T. -C ; Sauer, N.J. ; Buhl, L.L. ; Neilson, D.T. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Chen, Y.K.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

23

Issue

11

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

694

Lastpage

696

Abstract

We realized a monolithic dual-polarization dual-quadrature coherent receiver with balanced detection on InP using a single epitaxial step. It monolithically integrates the polarization splitters, 90° hybrids, and balanced photodiodes in 4.1 mm² . We demonstrate reception of 112-Gb/s polarization-division-multiplexed quadrature phase-shift keying with 17.3-dB optical signal-to-noise ratio at 10^-3 bit-error rate.

Keywords

error statistics; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; multiplexing; optical beam splitters; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; quadrature phase shift keying; InP; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; bit-error rate; dual-quadrature coherent receiver; monolithic integrated dual-polarization receiver; noise figure 17.3 dB; optical signal-to-noise ratio; photodiodes; polarization splitters; polarization-division-multiplexed quadrature phase-shift keying; polarization-maintaining fiber; Indium phosphide; Optical fiber polarization; Phase shifters; Propagation losses; Receivers; Coherent communications; integrated optics; optical fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2123088

Filename

5725161