Title :
First Monolithic Widely Tunable Photonic Coherent Transmitter in InP
Author :
Estrella, Steven B. ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Masanovic, Milan L. ; Thomas, J.A. ; Barton, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Freedom Photonics LLC, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
An indium phosphide, monolithically integrated, photonic coherent transmitter with an integrated widely tunable laser is presented. A 20-Gb/s operation over 20-nm range, with quadrature phase-shift-keyed signal is demonstrated.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; laser tuning; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; monolithic widely tunable photonic coherent transmitter; quadrature phase-shift-keyed signal; tunable laser; wavelength 20 nm; Laser tuning; Modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Waveguide lasers; Coherent communications; phase modulation; photonic integrated devices; tunable transmitter;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2245886
