DocumentCode
782321
Title
1.3- 
m Four-Channel 
10-Gb/s Parallel Optical Transceiver With Polymer PLC Platforms for Very-Short-Reach Applications
Author
Ban, Takuma ; Mita, Reiko ; Matsuoka, Yasunobu ; Ichikawa, Hirokazu ; Shishikura, Masato
Author_Institution
Device Dev. Center, Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo
Volume
12
Issue
5
fYear
2006
Firstpage
1001
Lastpage
1008
Abstract
A four-channel times10-Gb/s parallel optical transceiver for high-capacity very-short-reach applications was developed. The transceiver module was fabricated with low-cost components such as polymer planar lightwave circuit (PLC) platforms and 1.3-mum Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FPLDs). The polymer PLC platform enables the FPLDs or waveguide photodiodes (WGPDs) to be butt-coupled to the polymer waveguide by low-cost passive alignment. Using 1.3-mum FPLDs and single-mode fibers (SMFs) achieves reliable transmission over 600 m. Widening the spacing between the waveguides up to 1 mm suppressed the interchannel crosstalk to below -39 dB. The fabricated transceiver was operated at 10 Gb/s per channel and it successfully demonstrated 600-m error-free transmission. The sensitivity of each channel was better than -14 dBm with an interchannel-crosstalk penalty of less than 0.7 dB
Keywords
channel spacing; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; photodiodes; semiconductor lasers; transceivers; 1.3 mum; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; 600 m; Fabry-Perot laser diodes; butt coupling; interchannel crosstalk; parallel optical transceiver; polymer planar lightwave circuit platform; waveguide photodiodes; Circuits; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; Optical crosstalk; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes; Programmable control; Transceivers; 1.3-; 600-m transmission; parallel optical transceiver; passive alignment; polymer planar lightwave circuit (PLC); single-mode fiber (SMF); very-short-reach applications; wave-guide photodiode (WGPD);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1077-260X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JSTQE.2006.880594
Filename
1707713
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