Title :
40 Gb/s widely tunable wavelength converter with a photocurrent-driven high-impedance TW-EAM and SGDBR laser
Author :
Dummer, Matthew M. ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of ECE, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a monolithic transceiver which integrates pre-amplified QW-pin receiver with a tunable SGDBR laser and high-impedance EAM. This device performs wavelength conversion at 40 Gb/s over 22 nm of optical bandwidth.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electric impedance; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; monolithic integrated circuits; optical receivers; optical wavelength conversion; p-i-n photodiodes; photoconductivity; quantum well devices; semiconductor quantum wells; transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; SGDBR laser; WDM system; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; high-impedance TW-EAM; monolithic transceiver; photocurrent; photonic integration; preamplified QW-pin receiver; quantum well p-i-n photodiode; sampled-grating DBR laser; traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator; tunable wavelength converter; wavelength conversion; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photoconductivity; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1782-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1783-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636051
