Monolithically Integrated 40-Wavelength Demultiplexer and Photodetector Array on Silicon

Author

Chen, Long ; Doerr, Christopher R. ; Buhl, Larry ; Baeyens, Yves ; Aroca, Ricardo A.

Author_Institution

Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

23

Issue

13

fYear

2011

fDate

7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

869

Lastpage

871

Abstract

We demonstrated a 40-channel dense-wavelength-division-multiplexed (DWDM) monolithically integrated receiver on silicon, which consists of a silicon nitride (Si₃N₄)arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) demultiplexer with integrated germanium-on-silicon waveguide photodetectors. Net responsivities from a cleaved standard single-mode fiber to detectors of 0.15 ~ 0.22 A/W are measured, with flattened passbands with 1-dB bandwidth over 60% of the 200-GHz channel spacing. Single-channel operation up to 40 Gb/s is demonstrated with a SiGe transimpedance amplifier.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; arrayed waveguide gratings; channel spacing; demultiplexing equipment; integrated optics; operational amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; photodetectors; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; 40-channel dense-wavelength-division-multiplexed receiver; Si₃N₄; SiGe; channel spacing; cleaved standard single-mode fiber; flattened passbands; frequency 200 GHz; integrated germanium-on-silicon waveguide photodetectors; monolithically integrated demultiplexer; silicon nitride arrayed waveguide grating demultiplexer; single-channel operation; transimpedance amplifier; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Detectors; Photodetectors; Photonics; Receivers; Silicon; Integrated photonic circuits; optical receivers; silicon photonics; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2141128

Filename

5746500