Single-mode vertically integrated waveguide photodetectors for WDM data receiver applications

Adam S. Densmore; Kirill Pimenov; Valery I. Tolstikhin

doi:10.1117/12.567373

20 December 2004 Single-mode vertically integrated waveguide photodetectors for WDM data receiver applications

Adam S. Densmore, Kirill Pimenov, Valery I. Tolstikhin

Proceedings Volume 5577, Photonics North 2004: Optical Components and Devices; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.567373
Event: Photonics North, 2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

The advantages of monolithic integration of passive and active optoelectronic components into multifunctional PICs (photonic integrated circuits) are numerous and well known. In WDM transmission systems, where up to hundreds of wavelength channels may be present and must be manipulated on a per wavelength basis, the advantages of PICs containing wavelength (de)multiplexers and arrays of active components rapidly multiply. This has been exploited in our earlier reported SurePath family of InP-based PICs for optical channel monitoring / equalization, which contain an echelle grating demultiplexer and single-mode vertically integrated waveguide photodetectors / electroabsorption attenuators inserted into each of its output channels. Now, the same design principles and fabrication techniques have been utilized for the development of a dense WDM data receiver. This paper concentrates on the key building block of such a component, the single-mode vertically integrated waveguide photodetector. A detailed characterization and analysis of the device performance are presented.

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Adam S. Densmore, Kirill Pimenov, and Valery I. Tolstikhin "Single-mode vertically integrated waveguide photodetectors for WDM data receiver applications", Proc. SPIE 5577, Photonics North 2004: Optical Components and Devices, (20 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.567373

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