A 1.55-µm Hybrid Integrated Wavelength-Converter Module Using Spot-Size Converter Integrated Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers on a Planar-Lightwave-Circuit Platform

Rieko SATO  Yasuhiro SUZUKI  Naoto YOSHIMOTO  Ikuo OGAWA  Toshikazu HASHIMOTO  Toshio ITO  Akio SUGITA  Yuichi TOHMORI  Hiromu TOBA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E82-B    No.8    pp.1221-1227
Publication Date: 1999/08/25
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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: 
hybrid integration,  spot-size converter integrated semiconductor optical amplifier,  planar-lightwave-circuit platform,  wavelength conversion,  temperature dependence,  

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Summary: 
A 1.55-µm hybrid integrated wavelength-converter module was fabricated using a two-channel spot-size converter integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SS-SOA) on a planar-lightwave-circuit (PLC) platform. Clear eye opening and penalty-free wavelength conversion were obtained at 2.5-Gb/s modulation with a wide wavelength difference of 46 nm. The module showed good characteristics including low insertion loss (0.1 dB), and high conversion efficiency (-0.2 dB). It also showed stable wavelength conversion for as wide as a 13 temperature range.