Title :
A Photonic-Integrated Transceiver for Data Readout Systems
Author :
Stopinski, Stanislaw ; Leijtens, Xaveer J. M. ; Smit, Meint K. ; Van Der Hoek, Marinus J. ; Gajanana, Deepak ; Kazmierski, Christophe ; Piramidowicz, Ryszard
Author_Institution :
Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Abstract :
This study presents a photonic integrated transceiver for application in a data readout unit of a sensor network. The device was realized in a generic InP-based technology. The circuit uses an asymmetric coupler and a PIN photodiode for input signal detection and a Mach–Zehnder amplitude modulator for encoding of output sensor data. Small-signal modulation bandwidth of 11.1 GHz was measured, eye-diagrams with a dynamic extinction ratio of 11 dB were recorded, and transmission of a 10-Gb/s signal over 25 km of SMF fiber with bit error rate below 10−10 was achieved.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Photonics; Radio frequency; Transmission line measurements; Application specific photonic integrated circuit; data readout; generic integration technology; indium phosphide; photonic transceiver;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2015.2465154
