Title :
Temperature compensated 50 Gb/s DPSK demodulator
Author :
Hai, Mohammed Shafiqul ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A proposed design approach for SOI-based Mach-Zehnder delay interferometers enables efficient passive temperature compensation through waveguide engineering. Using the methodology, a 50-Gb/s DPSK demodulator exhibits very low spectral shift (1 pm/°C).
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; compensation; demodulators; differential phase shift keying; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; spectral line shift; DPSK demodulator; SOI-based Mach-Zehnder delay interferometers; Si; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; passive temperature compensation; spectral shift; waveguide engineering; Delay; Demodulation; Differential phase shift keying; Interference; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
