32 research outputs found
Ultrafast response of tunnel injected quantum dot based semiconductor optical amplifiers in the 1300 nm range
The ultrafast gain and refractive index dynamics of tunnel injected quantum dot based semiconductor optical amplifiers in the 1300 nm range are investigated using a heterodyne pump probe technique. In the gain regime, ground state wavelengths exhibit full gain recovery in less than 10 ps up to 3 times transparency, attributed to enhanced carrier refilling via the injector layer. The effect of the injector can also been seen in unusual phase dynamics at excited state wavelengths at this injection level. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. (doi:10.1063/1.3686901
Quantum-Dash semiconductor laser characterization using continuous tuning optical swept source
Device characterization of Quantum-Dash semiconductor mode-locked laser using a continuous tuning swept source is presented. This technique is linear, simple and does not require any prior information about the signal under test
Coherent WDM transmission using quantum-dash mode-locked laser diodes as multi-wavelength source and local oscillator
Quantum-dash (QD) mode-locked laser diodes (MLLD) lend themselves as
chip-scale frequency comb generators for highly scalable wavelength-division
multiplexing (WDM) links in future data-center, campus-area, or metropolitan
networks. Driven by a simple DC current, the devices generate flat broadband
frequency combs, containing tens of equidistant optical tones with line
spacings of tens of GHz. Here we show that QD-MLLDs can not only be used as
multi-wavelength light sources at a WDM transmitter, but also as
multi-wavelength local oscillators (LO) for parallel coherent reception. In our
experiments, we demonstrate transmission of an aggregate data rate of 4.1
Tbit/s (23x45 GBd PDM-QPSK) over 75 km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF). To
the best of our knowledge, this represents the first demonstration of a
coherent WDM link that relies on QD-MLLD both at the transmitter and the
receiver
Observation of soliton pulse compression in photonic crystal waveguides
We demonstrate soliton-effect pulse compression in mm-long photonic crystal
waveguides resulting from strong anomalous dispersion and self-phase
modulation. Compression from 3ps to 580fs, at low pulse energies(~10pJ), is
measured via autocorrelation
Reflective amplified modulator operating at 40 Gbps up to 85°C as colorless transceiver for optical access networks
In this paper we report a 40 Gb/s operation of Remote Amplified Modulator at the temperature up to 85°C within the C- and L-band spectral ranges. The presented device was fabricated using an indium phosphide (InP) monolithic integration platform which relies on AlGaInAs quantum well active material, gap engineering by Selective Area Growth and low-parasitic RC semi-insulating buried heterostructures. We investigated the high temperature operation capabilities of the device as well as chirp and Rayleigh scattering effects in a bi-directional transmission. This 40 Gb/s remote amplified modulator could operate at fastest short sections of next-generation wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical access networks or in WDM routers as a part of a colorless transceiver
40Gb/s Operation of Colorless Reflective Amplified Modulators up to 85°C
Abstract—We report here a new progress of Remote Amplified Modulators for wavelength flexible and transceiver cost sensitive fix/mobile access, metro and short reach networks. This photonic integrated circuit shows the ability to operate at 40Gb/s up to 85°C and over a large spectral rang