Demonstration of error-free 25Gb/s duobinary transmission using a colourless reflective integrated modulator

doi:10.1364/OE.21.000500

Optics Express

Editor: Andrew M. Weiner
Vol. 21, Iss. 1 — Jan. 14, 2013
pp: 500–507

Demonstration of error-free 25Gb/s duobinary transmission using a colourless reflective integrated modulator

Caroline P. Lai, Alan Naughton, Peter Ossieur, Cleitus Antony, David W. Smith, Anna Borghesani, David G. Moodie, Graeme Maxwell, Peter Healey, Alistair Poustie, and Paul D. Townsend »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 1, pp. 500-507 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.000500

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To realise novel, low-cost, photonic technologies that can support 100Gb/s Ethernet in next-generation dense wavelength-division-multiplexed metro transport networks, we are developing arrayed photonic integrated circuits that leverage colourless reflective modulators. Here, we demonstrate a single-channel, hybrid reflective electroabsorption modulator-based device, showing error-free 25.3Gb/s duobinary transmission with bit-error rates less than 1 × 10⁻¹² over 35km of standard single-mode fibre. We further confirm the modulator’s colourless operation over the ITU C-band, with a 1.2dB variation in required optical signal-to-noise ratio over this wavelength range.

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(060.4250) Fiber optics and optical communications : Networks
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications

ToC Category:
Waveguide and Optoelectronic Devices

History
Original Manuscript: October 2, 2012
Revised Manuscript: November 11, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: November 11, 2012
Published: January 7, 2013

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Caroline P. Lai, Alan Naughton, Peter Ossieur, Cleitus Antony, David W. Smith, Anna Borghesani, David G. Moodie, Graeme Maxwell, Peter Healey, Alistair Poustie, and Paul D. Townsend, "Demonstration of error-free 25Gb/s duobinary transmission using a colourless reflective integrated modulator," Opt. Express 21, 500-507 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-1-500

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P. D. Townsend, A. Clarke, P. Ossieur, D. W. Smith, A. Borghesani, D. G. Moodie, I. F. Lealman, X. Z. Qiu, J. Bauwelinck, X. Yin, K. Grobe, B. T. Teipen, R. Jensen, N. Parsons, and E. Kehayas, “Towards colourless coolerless components for low power optical networks,” in Proc. 37th European Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC), Geneva, Switzerland, Sep. 2011, paper Tu.LeSaleve.4.
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D. Smith, I. Lealman, X. Chen, D. Moodie, P. Cannard, J. Dosanjh, L. Rivers, C. Ford, R. Cronin, T. Kerr, L. Johnston, R. Waller, R. Firth, A. Borghesani, R. Wyatt, and A. Poustie, “Colourless 10Gb/s reflective SOA-EAM with low polarization sensitivity for long-reach DWDM-PON networks,” in Proc. 35th European Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC), Vienna, Austria, Sep. 2009, paper 8.6.3.
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IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

D. Penninckx, M. Chbat, L. Pierre, and J.-P. Thiery, “The phase-shaped binary transmission (PSBT): A new technique to transmit far beyond the chromatic dispersion limit,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.9(2), 259–261 (1997). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

A. Kilian, J. Kirchof, G. Przyrembel, and W. Wischmann, “Birefringence free planar optical waveguide made by flame hydrolysis deposition (FHD) through tailoring of the overcladding,” J. Lightwave Technol.18(2), 193–198 (2000). [CrossRef]

Proc. IEEE

P. J. Winzer and R.-J. Essiambre, “Advanced optical modulation formats,” Proc. IEEE94(5), 952–985 (2006). [CrossRef]

Other

S. Smolorz, E. Gottwald, H. Rohde, D. Smith, and A. Poustie, “Demonstration of a coherent UDWDM-PON with real-time processing,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC), Los Angeles, CA, Mar. 2011, paper PDPD4.
D. Smith, I. Lealman, X. Chen, D. Moodie, P. Cannard, J. Dosanjh, L. Rivers, C. Ford, R. Cronin, T. Kerr, L. Johnston, R. Waller, R. Firth, A. Borghesani, R. Wyatt, and A. Poustie, “Colourless 10Gb/s reflective SOA-EAM with low polarization sensitivity for long-reach DWDM-PON networks,” in Proc. 35th European Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC), Vienna, Austria, Sep. 2009, paper 8.6.3.
P. D. Townsend, A. Clarke, P. Ossieur, D. W. Smith, A. Borghesani, D. G. Moodie, I. F. Lealman, X. Z. Qiu, J. Bauwelinck, X. Yin, K. Grobe, B. T. Teipen, R. Jensen, N. Parsons, and E. Kehayas, “Towards colourless coolerless components for low power optical networks,” in Proc. 37th European Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC), Geneva, Switzerland, Sep. 2011, paper Tu.LeSaleve.4.
A. M. Clarke, A. Borghesani, D. W. Smith, P. Ossieur, P. D. Townsend, R. Jensen, and N. Parsons, “Demonstration of wavelength agile metro node using reflective colorless components,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC), Los Angeles, CA, Mar. 2011, paper OMN2.
R. Vaernewyck, J. Bauwelinck, X. Yin, R. Pierco, J. Verbrugghe, G. Torfs, Z. Li, X. Z. Qiu, J. Vandewege, R. Cronin, A. Borghesani, and D. Moodie, “A 113 Gb/s (10 × 11.3 Gb/s) ultra-low power EAM driver array,” in Proc. 38th European Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sep. 2012, paper Mo.2.B.2.
A. Naughton, P. Ossieur, C. Antony, D. W. Smith, A. Borghesani, D. G. Moodie, G. Maxwell, P. Healey, and P. D. Townsend, “Error-free 10Gb/s duobinary transmission over 215km of SSMF using a hybrid photonic integrated reflective modulator,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC), Los Angeles, CA, Mar. 2012, paper OW4F.3.
C. P. Lai, A. Naughton, P. Ossieur, C. Antony, D. W. Smith, A. Borghesani, D. G. Moodie, G. Maxwell, P. Healey, A. Poustie, and P. D. Townsend, “Demonstration of error-free 25Gb/s duobinary transmission using a colourless reflective integrated modulator,” in Proc. 38th European Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sep. 2012, paper We.1.E.4.
I. Kang, S. Chandrasekhar, C. Kazmierski, M. Rasras, and N. Dupuis, “1650-km transmission of 50-Gb/s NRZ and RZ-DQPSK signals generated using an electroabsorption modulators-silica planar lightwave circuit hybrid integrated device,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC), San Diego, CA, Mar. 2010, paper OMJ4.
R. Jensen, A. Lord, and N. Parsons, “Colourless, directionless, contentionless ROADM architecture using low-loss optical matrix switches,” in Proc. 36th European Conf. on Optical Commun. (ECOC), Turin, Italy, Sep. 2010, paper Mo.2.D.2.
D. G. Moodie, D. C. Rogers, P. J. Cannard, A. Borghesani, C. W. Ford, R. Firth, R. Cronin, M. J. Robertson, D. W. Smith, L. Ponnampalam, C. Renaud, A. J. Seeds, M. Thakur, T. Quinlan, and S. Walker, “Photodiodes and reflective electroabsorption modulators for mm-wave and UWB applications,” in Proc. European Workshop on Photonic Solutions for Wireless, Access, and in-House Networks, Duisburg, Germany, May 2009.

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