Title :
All-optical, low-power 2R regeneration of 10Gb/s NRZ signals using a III–V on SOI microdisk laser
Author :
Mechet, Pauline ; Spuesens, Thijs ; Olivier, N. ; Fedeli, J.-M. ; Regreny, P. ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Morthier, Geert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical low-power 2R regenerator of 10Gb/s NRZ data based on a 10-μm diameter microdisk laser, heterogeneously integrated onto silicon-on-insulator and processed in a CMOS pilot-line. The scheme works for sub-milliWatt input signals.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; microdisc lasers; optical modulation; optical repeaters; silicon-on-insulator; CMOS pilot line; InAsP; NRZ signal; all-optical 2R regeneration; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; low-power 2R regeneration; microdisk laser; silicon-on-insulator; size 10 mum; submilliwatt input signal; Lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Repeaters; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
