InP-Based Integrated Optical Pulse Shaper: Demonstration of Chirp Compensation

Author

Tahvili, Saeed ; Latkowski, S. ; Smalbrugge, B. ; Leijtens, Xaveer J. M. ; Williams, P.J. ; Wale, M.J. ; Parra-Cetina, J. ; Maldonado-Basilio, Ramon ; Landais, P. ; Smit, Meint K. ; Bente, E.A.J.M.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

25

Issue

5

fYear

2013

fDate

1-Mar-13

Firstpage

450

Lastpage

453

Abstract

We demonstrate dispersion compensation for highly chirped optical pulses with an ultracompact optical pulse shaper. The device integrates a 20-channel arrayed waveguide grating with 20 phase modulators and 20 semiconductor optical amplifiers on a single chip of 6 × 6 mm². The chip has been realized in an InP-based generic photonic foundry process, which enables a significant reduction in design effort using standardized building blocks.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; arrayed waveguide gratings; chirp modulation; compensation; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical fabrication; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; InP; arrayed waveguide grating; chirp compensation; dispersion compensation; generic photonic foundry process; indium phosphide-based integrated ultracompact optical pulse shaper; optical design; optical device fabrication; phase modulators; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Chirp; Optical device fabrication; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Semiconductor device measurement; Integrated optics; optical device fabrication; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; passively mode-locked lasers; photonic integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2240383

Filename

6412721