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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 593-595 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Electronics Letters |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Apr 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering