Large-Scale InP Transmitter PICs for PM-DQPSK Fiber Transmission Systems

• Published in: IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 22; no. 14; pp. 1015 - 1017
• Main Authors: Corzine, Scott W, Evans, Peter, Fisher, Matthew, Gheorma, John, Kato, Masaki, Dominic, Vincent, Samra, Parmijit, Nilsson, Alan, Rahn, Jeff, Lyubomirsky, Ilya, Dentai, Andrew, Studenkov, Pavel, Missey, Mark, Lambert, Damien, Spannagel, Augi, Muthiah, Ranjani, Salvatore, Randal, Murthy, Sanjeev, Strzelecka, Eva, Pleumeekers, Jacco L, Chen, Arnold, Schneider, Richard, Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan, Ziari, Mehrdad, Stewart, James, Joyner, Charles H, Kish, Fred, Welch, David F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 15.07.2010; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Arrayed waveguide gratings; Channels; Conferences; Fiber optics; Indium phosphide; Large-scale systems; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical communications; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; phase modulation; Photonic integrated circuits; photonic integrated circuits (PICs); Photonics; polarization-multiplexed differential quadrature phase-shift keying (PM-DQPSK); Quadratures; Tellurium; Transmitters
• ISSN: 1041-1135; 1941-0174
• DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2048894

We report here the first demonstration of a large-scale monolithically integrated InP-based 10-channel 45.6-Gb/s per channel transmitter photonic integrated circuit employing polarization-multiplexed differential quadrature phase-shift keying modulation format.