First system experiments with a monolithically integrated tunable polarization diversity heterodyne receiver OEIC on InP

Author

Hermes, T. ; Meissner, Paul L. ; Jacumeit, C. ; Stentel, R. ; Unterborsch, Gunter

Volume

7

Issue

1

fYear

1995

Firstpage

129

Lastpage

131

Abstract

System performance of an integrated polarization diversity heterodyne receiver optoelectronic IC (OEIC) is reported. The OEIC is monolithically integrated on InP. It includes a tunable 4 section DBR laser (quasi continuous tuning range 3.5 nm) and balanced photodiodes. The packaged OEIC is supplied with a fiber pigtail. Stable and polarization independent operation is achieved without any tendency for a bit error floor. The sensitivity at 1550.2 nm is -33.5 dBm at a bitrate of 140 Mbit/s. The performance of the OEIC based receiver is verified by operating in an experimental OFDM-TV distribution system with 4 channels.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; demodulation; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; frequency division multiplexing; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical receivers; photodiodes; sensitivity; television receivers; 140 Mbit/s; 1550.2 nm; InP; OEIC; OEIC based receiver; balanced photodiodes; bit error floor; experimental OFDM-TV distribution system; fiber pigtail; integrated polarization diversity heterodyne receiver optoelectronic IC; monolithically integrated; monolithically integrated tunable polarization diversity heterodyne receiver; packaged OEIC; polarization independent operation; quasi continuous tuning range; sensitivity; system experiments; tunable 4 section DBR laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; Indium phosphide; Laser tuning; Optoelectronic devices; Packaging; Photodiodes; Polarization; System performance; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.363397

Filename

363397