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

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 mm 2 . The chip has been realize...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 450 - 453
Main Authors Tahvili, S., Latkowski, S., Smalbrugge, B., Leijtens, X. J. M., Williams, P. J., Wale, M. J., Parra-Cetina, J., Maldonado-Basilio, R., Landais, P., Smit, M. K., Bente, E. A. J. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2013
Subjects
Chirp
Integrated optics
Optical device fabrication
optical pulse compression
Optical pulse shaping
Optical pulses
Optical waveguides
passively mode-locked lasers
photonic integrated circuits
Photonics
Semiconductor device measurement
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Summary: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 mm 2 . 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.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2013.2240383