An Optical Board Approach Based on SOI (silicon-on-insulator)

An optical board technology consisting of SOI (silicon-on-insulator) based rib-waveguides and hybrid integration of active III/V components is presented. The use of SOI as the material base for an optical motherboard offers specific advantages, such as well know processing using standard equipment f...

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Main Authors: Bruns, J., Mitze, T., Zimmermann, L., Voigt, K., Schnarrenberger, M., Petermann, K.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Arrayed waveguide gratings
hybrid integration
Integrated optics
Optical device fabrication
Optical devices
Optical materials
optical motherboard
Optical transmitters
Optical waveguide components
Optical waveguides
Silicon on insulator technology
silicon photonics
SOI waveguides
Waveguide lasers
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Summary:An optical board technology consisting of SOI (silicon-on-insulator) based rib-waveguides and hybrid integration of active III/V components is presented. The use of SOI as the material base for an optical motherboard offers specific advantages, such as well know processing using standard equipment for board fabrication. Examples for the application of our board and waveguide technology are given. The board technology is introduced by presenting an optical transmitter for C-WDM transmission. It consists of four discrete lasers, which are multiplexed using an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). The waveguide technology is presented by discussing an DPSK-receiver chip, combining advanced waveguide technology with a very well controlled birefringence of the component.
ISSN:2162-7339
DOI:10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296061