400-G coherent receiver using silica-based heterogeneously-integrated PLC with newly developed waveplate type PBS

Author

Kurata, Yu ; Hashizume, Yasuaki ; Aozasa, S. ; Itoh, M. ; Hashimoto, Toshikazu ; Tanobe, Hiromasa ; Nakanishi, Yoichiro ; Yoshida, Erika ; Fukuyama, Hidenao ; Yamazaki, Hiroshi ; Goh, Takashi ; Yokoyama, Haruki ; Muramoto, Yoshifumi

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We report a one-chip 400-G coherent receiver that employs a heterogeneously integrated silica-based PLC with low-loss three-branched spot size converters, an extinction ratio tunable PBS and 16 InP-PDs. 32-Gbaud DP-16QAM signal demodulation was successfully demonstrated.

Keywords

convertors; demodulation; glass; optical beam splitters; optical modulation; optical receivers; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16 InP-PD; 32-Gbaud DP-16QAM signal demodulation; extinction ratio tunable PBS; low-loss three-branched spot size converters; one-chip 400-G coherent receiver; planar lightwave circuit; polarization beam splitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; silica-based heterogeneously-integrated PLC; waveplate type PBS; High-speed optical techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Cannes

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963930

Filename

6963930