The integration of modulators and multiplexers on silica planar lightwave circuits

Richard W. Ridgway; David W. Nippa

doi:10.1117/12.570476

25 October 2004 The integration of modulators and multiplexers on silica planar lightwave circuits

Richard W. Ridgway, David W. Nippa

Proceedings Volume 5595, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications IV; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.570476
Event: Optics East, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Abstract

An integrated optical device comprising two arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) and an electrooptic modulator array is described. When used in conjunction with a broadband light source, the integrated optic device can provide multiple high data rate signals from a single optical light source. The first AWG spectrally slices the light from the broadband light source. Each optical signal is then modulated using an electrooptically-clad silica waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The second AWG multiplexes the modulated optical signals onto a single output fiber. The paper describes the design of the modulator-multiplexer circuit. Experimental results of the modulator portion of the circuit show the modulation of light at 1550 nm in a electrooptically-clad silica waveguide at data rates of 1 GB/s.

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Richard W. Ridgway and David W. Nippa "The integration of modulators and multiplexers on silica planar lightwave circuits", Proc. SPIE 5595, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications IV, (25 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.570476

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