All-Optical Low-Power 2R Regeneration of 10-Gb/s NRZ Signals Using a III-V on SOI Microdisk Laser

Author

Mechet, Pauline ; Spuesens, Thijs ; Werquin, Sam ; Vandoorne, K. ; Olivier, N. ; Fedeli, J.-M. ; Regreny, P. ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Morthier, Geert

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol. (INTEC), Ghent Univ. - IMEC, Ghent, Belgium

Volume

5

Issue

6

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec. 2013

Firstpage

7802510

Lastpage

7802510

Abstract

We demonstrate an all-optical low-power 2R regenerator of 10-Gb/s non-return-to-zero data based on a 10- μm-diameter electrically pumped microdisk laser, which is heterogeneously integrated onto the silicon-on-insulator platform and processed in a CMOS pilot line. The scheme results in BER improvement 8and works for submilliwatt-level input signals. The laser operates in the continuous-wave regime, and it is single mode at room temperature and consumes 6 mW of electrical power. Its regeneration capability is investigated in simulations and experimentally demonstrated.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; error statistics; integrated optics; laser modes; microdisc lasers; optical pumping; optical repeaters; silicon-on-insulator; CMOS pilot line; SOI microdisk laser; all-optical low-power 2R regeneration; bit error rate; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; continuous-wave regime; electrically pumped microdisk laser; integrated optics; non-return-to-zero signals; power 6 mW; regeneration capability; silicon-on-insulator; size -10 mum; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers; Silicon photonics; all-optical signal processing; bonding; heterogeneous III-V integration; microdisk lasers; regeneration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2287556

Filename

6648674