Silica-based PLC with heterogeneously-integrated PDs for one-chip DP-QPSK receiver

Opt Express. 2012 Dec 10;20(26):B264-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.00B264.

Abstract

To realize a DP-QPSK receiver PLC, we heterogeneously integrated eight high-speed PDs on a silica-based PLC platform with a PBS, 90-degree optical hybrids and a VOA. The use of a 2.5%-Δ waveguide reduced the receiver PLC size to 11 mm x 11 mm. We successfully demonstrated 32 Gbaud DP-QPSK signal demodulation with the receiver PLC.