Title :
Wavelength-tracking high-speed photodetector
Author :
Gerke, Stephen Adair ; Weijian Yang ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on a 1550 nm tunable high-speed photodetector configured to exhibit wavelength-tracking behavior. This enables a low-cost WDM system showing resilience to wavelength drift.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical tuning; photodetectors; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM system; tunable high-speed photodetector; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength drift; wavelength-tracking behavior; wavelength-tracking high-speed photodetector; Bit error rate; Detectors; Passive optical networks; Photodetectors; Tuning; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
