Hybrid-Integrated Polarization Diverse Coherent Receiver Based on Polymer PLC

Author

Wang, Jin ; Kroh, Marcel ; Richter, Thomas ; Theurer, Abongwa ; Matiss, Andreas ; Zawadzki, Crispin ; Zhang, Ziyang ; Schubert, Colja ; Steffan, Andreas ; Grote, Norbert ; Keil, Norbert

Author_Institution

Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin, Germany

Volume

24

Issue

19

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1718

Lastpage

1721

Abstract

A dual-polarization coherent receiver using polymer planar lightwave circuit technology is demonstrated for the first time. It comprises optical 90 hybrids on the basis of polymer waveguides, polarization beam-splitting thin-film elements, and photodetectors made of InGaAsP/InP. The chip size fits into the existing receiver package standards. The receiver assembly shows a high polarization extinction ratio (>;25 dB over C-band) and is successfully operated in system experiments with 16-quadrature-amplitude modulation and quadrature phase-shift keying modulation up to 112 Gb/s.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; electronics packaging; extinction coefficients; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; optical beam splitters; optical fibre polarisation; optical polymers; optical receivers; photodetectors; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; thin film devices; 16-quadrature-amplitude modulation; C-band; InGaAsP-InP; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; chip size; dual-polarization coherent receiver; high polarization extinction ratio; hybrid-integrated polarization diverse coherent receiver; optical 90 hybrids; photodetectors; polarization beam-splitting; polymer PLC; polymer planar lightwave circuit technology; polymer waveguides; quadrature phase-shift keying modulation; receiver assembly; receiver package standards; thin-film elements; Assembly; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Phase shift keying; Polymers; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Coherent communication; photonic integrated circuits; polymer waveguides; quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2213299

Filename

6269056