Title :
An Optical Board Approach Based on SOI (silicon-on-insulator)
Author :
Bruns, Jürgen ; Mitze, Torsten ; Zimmermann, Lars ; Voigt, Karsten ; Schnarrenberger, Martin ; Petermann, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin
Abstract :
An optical board technology consisting of SOI (silicon-on-insulator) based rib-waveguides and hybrid integration of active III/V components is presented. The use of SOI as the material base for an optical motherboard offers specific advantages, such as well know processing using standard equipment for board fabrication. Examples for the application of our board and waveguide technology are given. The board technology is introduced by presenting an optical transmitter for C-WDM transmission. It consists of four discrete lasers, which are multiplexed using an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). The waveguide technology is presented by discussing an DPSK-receiver chip, combining advanced waveguide technology with a very well controlled birefringence of the component.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; differential phase shift keying; rib waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; wavelength division multiplexing; C-WDM transmission; DPSK-receiver chip; arrayed waveguide grating; board fabrication; optical board technology; optical motherboard; optical transmitter; rib-waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; waveguide technology; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology; Waveguide lasers; SOI waveguides; hybrid integration; integrated optics; optical motherboard; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296061
