• DocumentCode
    3784888
  • Title

    Monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer wavelength converter and widely tunable laser in InP

  • Author

    M.L. Masanovic;V. Lal;J.S. Barton;E.J. Skogen;L.A. Coldren;D.J. Blumenthal

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Mater. Depts., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1117
  • Lastpage
    1119
  • Abstract
    The first monolithically integrated widely tunable wavelength converter, consisting of a sampled-grating distributed-Bragg-reflector laser (SGDBR) and an SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer, is reported. The integration process requires only a single regrowth step. Static extinction ratios (electrical/optical) better than 18 dB and 13 dB, respectively, were measured over a 22-nm wavelength tuning range. Digital wavelength conversion at bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s was demonstrated to be error free, with 2.6-dB power penalty.
  • Keywords
    "Tunable circuits and devices","Indium phosphide","Optical wavelength conversion","Laser tuning","Extinction ratio","Optical interferometry","Electric variables measurement","Wavelength measurement","Optical tuning","Bit rate"
  • Journal_Title
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2003.815316
  • Filename
    1215522
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3784888