A programmable monolithic InP optical-CDMA encoder/decoder

Author

Broeke, R.G. ; Cao, J. ; Ji, C. ; Du, Y. ; Chubun, N. ; Bjeletich, P. ; Yoo, S.J.B. ; Welty, R. ; Stephan, P.L. ; Reinhardt, C. ; Han, I.Y. ; Kobayashi, N.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

7-11 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

224

Abstract

We demonstrate a monolithically integrated InP optical-CDMA encoder/decoder chip encoding sub-picosecond pulses in the 1.55 μm wavelength window using eight orthogonal Walsh codes. The chip consists of two 200 GHz AWGs and electro-optic phase modulators in InP/InGaAsP.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; arrayed waveguide gratings; code division multiplexing; decoding; electro-optical modulation; encoding; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; phase modulation; 1.55 mum; 200 GHz; AWG; InP optical-CDMA; InP-InGaAsP; chip encoding; decoder; electro-optic phase modulators; encoder; monolithic integration; orthogonal Walsh codes; programmable monolithic CDMA; subpicosecond pulses; Decoding; Etching; Indium phosphide; Optical arrays; Optical buffering; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8557-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363192

Filename

1363192