Fabrice Blache

Transmission of 16.4-bit/s Capacity Over 2550 km Using PDM QPSK Modulation Format and Coherent Receiver

A record capacity distance product of 41.8 Petabit/s middotkm is demonstrated. A total of 164 channels are modulated at 100 Gbit/s with PDM-QPSK format, packed with 2 bit/s/Hz information spectral density and recovered by off-line processing in a coherent receiver after 2550 km distance.

High performance evanescent edge coupled waveguide unitraveling-carrier photodiodes for >40-gb/s optical receivers

We have demonstrated a low-cost high-bandwidth and high-responsivity evanescent waveguide unitravelling-carrier photodiode (PD) fabricated using all 2-in InP processing including on-wafer mirrors and coating. Optimization of the optical input waveguide was made using the method of the genetic algorithm associated with a beam propagation method. Optical fiber coupling to the PD is based on a diluted multimode waveguide allowing simple material epitaxial growth. The fabricated PDs exhibit simultaneously 0.76-A/W responsivity at 1.55 /spl mu/m, >50-GHz bandwidth, and more than 22-mA average saturation photocurrent at 50 GHz. The light polarization dependence is less than 0.1 dB.

Demonstration of RSOA-based remote modulation at 2.5 and 5 Gbit/s for WDM PON

This paper investigates the performance of a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier in a bidirectional wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network at 2.5 and 5 Gbit/s over 20 and 15 dB link budget.

Evanescently coupled photodiodes integrating a double-stage taper for 40-Gb/s applications-compared performance with side-illuminated photodiodes

The design, fabrication, and performance of double-stage taper photodiodes (DSTPs) are reported. The objective of this work is to develop devices compatible with 40-Gb/s applications. Such devices require high efficiency, ultrawide band, high optical power handling capability, and compatibility with low-cost module fabrication. The integration of mode size converters improves both the coupling efficiency and the responsivity with a large fiber mode diameter. Responsivity of 0.6 A/W and 0.45 A/W are achieved with a 6-/spl mu/m fiber mode diameter and cleaved fiber, respectively, providing relaxed alignment tolerances (/spl plusmn/1.6 /spl mu/m and /spl plusmn/2 /spl mu/m, respectively), compatible with cost-effective packaging techniques. DSTPs also offer a wide bandwidth greater than 40 GHz and transverse-electric/transverse-magnetic polarization dependence lower than 0.2 dB. Furthermore, a DSTP saturation current as high as 11 mA results in optical power handling greater than +10 dBm and a high output voltage of 0.8 V. These capabilities allow the photodiode to drive the decision circuit without the need of a broad-band electrical amplifier. The DSTP devices presented here demonstrate higher responsivities with large fiber mode diameter and better optical power handling capabilities and are compared with classical side-illuminated photodiodes.

Transmission Quality Measurement of Two Types of 60 GHz Millimeter-Wave Generation and Distribution Systems

In this paper, we demonstrate and compare experimentally two techniques achieving very high-data-rates (> 1 Gb/s) wireless transmission in the 60 GHz window using radio over fiber (RoF) for reach extension. The first RoF link is based on a 10 GHz vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser and uses a multimode fiber. The radio signal is transported on an intermediate frequency of 4.5 GHz and electrically upconverted to 60 GHz after the optical link. The second uses an optical frequency upconversion from 4.5 to 60 GHz by direct modulation of a mode-locked Fabry-PEacuterot laser whose self-pulsating frequency is 54.8 GHz before transmission over a single-mode fiber. For both techniques, two different types of modulation were tested. The first one was an on-off keying at 1.5 Gb/s and the second one was an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing-QPSK signal compliant to the IEEE 802.15.3.c prestandard (3.03 Gb/s). Radio propagation performance is also reported.

A 40-Gb/s Transimpedance Amplifier for Optical Links

This letter presents a low-power transimpedance amplifier (TIA), supporting both 25 and 40-Gb/s communication. It exhibits an optical modulation amplitude sensitivity of -10.6 dBm at 25 Gb/s and -6.4 dBm at 40 Gb/s using a photodiode with a responsivity of 0.55 A/W. The TIA consumes 158 mW from a 2.5 V supply and was manufactured in a 0.13-μm SiGe BiCMOS process. Compared with the state of the art, the presented TIA exhibits a similar sensitivity (at both 25 and 40 Gb/s), while exhibiting a low power consumption for the 40-Gb/s operation.

10Gbit/s Amplified Reflective Electroabsorption Modulator for Colourless Access Networks

For high speed remote colorless modulation in FTTH technology, a new 10Gbit/s monolithically integrated amplified reflective electroabsorption modulator (R-EAM-SOA) is demonstrated over 50nm spectral range and over 20°C-60°C, with excellent eye diagrams.

Compact InP-Based DFB-EAM Enabling PAM-4 112 Gb/s Transmission Over 2 km

We demonstrate a 56-GBd pulse-amplitude modulation-4 compact InP transmitter module integrating a distributed feedback laser and an electro-absorption modulator, which exhibits 50-GHz bandwidth, >13-dB extinction ratio and up to 1.5-mW output power. Successful amplifier-free 112-Gb/s transmission is performed over 2 km using low complexity three-taps equalization. We also study the tradeoff between receiver bandwidth, equalizer length and performance, and show successful signal recovery with bandwidths as low as 18 GHz when increasing the equalizer length.

DC-coupled burst-mode receiver with high sensitivity, wide dynamic range and short settling time for symmetric 10G-GPONs.

This paper reports a high performance DC-coupled 10Gbit/s optical burst-mode receiver for symmetric 10G-GPONs. The measured receiver sensitivity is −30.0dBm at BER=10⁻³ within a short settling time of 51ns, and a loud/soft ratio wider than 24.0dB.

Integrated SOA-PIN Detector for High-Speed Short Reach Applications

Emergence of new applications like cloud computing, video on demand or deployment of high-speed cellular network lead to an increasing demand of high-speed short reach transmission for access network or datacenter. Due to the low sensitivity of PIN receiver and the lack of APD above 10 Gb/s, optical preamplification is a promising concept for high-speed receiver. We demonstrate an SOA-PIN/TIA receiver module which integrates an SOA-PIN photonic circuit and a TIA. This receiver has a large responsivity of 44 A/W, a polarization dependence below 2 dB, a low noise figure of 8.5 dB and a large 3-dB bandwidth of 35 GHz. Our new developed receiver achieved in NRZ a record sensitivity of -23 and -21 dBm at 25 and 40 Gb/s, respectively.