Ultracompact microring laser-based optical-add multiplexer

A. Bennecer, J. D. Ingham, K. A. Williams, R. V. Penty, I. H. White, H. Ehlers, M. Hamacher, H. Heidrich

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Abstract

A highly compact and scalable microring-laser-based optical-add multiplexer is presented for wavelength division multiplexed bus networks. The output of a 40m-radius microring laser is vertically coupled to a passive waveguide bus and the chip is subsequently mounted in a butterfly package with fibre pigtailing at both input and output. In the first such experiment with a microring-based module, a wavelength channel is added into a wavelength multiplexed fibre-optic link with negligible power penalty. Successful transmission of a 2λ×2.5Gbit/s signal over 25km is demonstrated for a 0.9nm channel spacing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)593-595
Number of pages3
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume44
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Apr 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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