AWG-Based Photonic Transmitter With DBR Mirrors and Mach–Zehnder Modulators

Author

Lawniczuk, Katarzyna ; Kazmierski, C. ; Wale, M.J. ; Piramidowicz, Ryszard ; Szczepanski, Pawel ; Smit, Meint K. ; Leijtens, Xaveer J. M.

Author_Institution

Photonic Integration Group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

26

Issue

7

fYear

2014

fDate

1-Apr-14

Firstpage

710

Lastpage

713

Abstract

In this letter, we demonstrate a novel monolithically integrated photonic multiwavelength transmitter that was realized by integrating an arrayed waveguide grating-based laser with selective distributed Bragg reflector mirrors and Mach-Zehnder modulators. The integrated circuit was designed according to a generic integration model, by utilizing standardized photonic building blocks, and was fabricated on an InP-based platform in a multiproject wafer run. The device delivers above 1 mW of optical power into the fiber with a side mode suppression ratio better than 40 dB. The linewidth of the generated signals is 275 kHz. We achieved error free 50-km transmission at the modulation data rate of 10 Gb/s per channel, for a received power of -26.5 dBm.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; distributed Bragg reflectors; integrated optics; laser mirrors; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical transmitters; AWG; DBR mirrors; Mach-Zehnder modulators; arrayed waveguide grating-based laser; bandwidth 275 kHz; distributed Bragg reflector mirrors; error free transmission; fiber; integrated circuit; modulation data rate; monolithically integrated photonic multiwavelength transmitter; multiproject wafer run; optical power; photonic transmitter; side mode suppression ratio; standardized photonic building blocks; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Cavity resonators; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Waveguide lasers; AWG; DBR; InP; Mach-Zehnder modulator; generic integration; multiproject wafer run; multiwavelength transmitter; optical access network; photonic integrated circuit;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2303496

Filename

6729077