Title :
Polarization-insensitive 5×20Gb/s WDM Ge receiver using compact Si ring filters with collective thermal tuning
Author :
De Heyn, P. ; De Coster, J. ; Verheyen, P. ; Lepage, G. ; Pantouvaki, M. ; Absil, P. ; Bogaerts, W. ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Van Campenhout, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Imec, Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
A 5×20Gb/s WDM Ge receiver with 300GHz channel spacing is presented. Uniform flat-top channel responses result in a 0.1A/W fiber-referenced responsivity and crosstalk better than -15dB for all channels and polarization states.
Keywords :
channel spacing; germanium; optical crosstalk; optical filters; optical receivers; wavelength division multiplexing; Ge; channel spacing; collective thermal tuning; compact ring filters; crosstalk; fiber-referenced responsivity; frequency 300 GHz; polarization-insensitive WDM receiver; uniform flat-top channel response; Channel spacing; Heating; Optical fiber filters; Optical ring resonators; Receivers; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th4C.5
