A 1.3-µm Optical Transceiver Diode (TRAD) Module for TCM Transmission Systems in Optical Access Networks

Yasumasa SUZAKI  Masanobu OKAYASU  Takeshi KUROSAKI  Makoto NAKAMURA  Yasuhiro SUZUKI  Hideaki KIMURA  Hiromu TOBA 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics  Vol.E82-C  No.8  pp.1460-1464
Publication Date: 1999/08/20
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Joint Special Issue on Recent Progress in Optoelectronics and Communications)
Category: Optical Active Devices and Modules
Keyword: 
optical transceiver diode (TRAD),  TCM transmission system,  temperature-insensitive responsivity,  Si bench with V-grove, 

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Summary: 
We developed an optical transceiver diode (TRAD) module for bi-directional time-compression-multiplexing (TCM) transmission systems. A wavelength-insensitive structure as a receiver and a low-capacitance configuration in the module provide a high sensitivity. Stable switching of 156 Mbit/s NRZ burst signals between the transmitter and receiver modes is achieved. In addition, it is shown that optical module cost can be further reduced by using passive alignment on a Si bench.