Chromatic Dispersion Monitoring of 80-Gb/s OTDM Data Signal via Two-Photon Absorption in a Semiconductor Microcavity

K. Bondarczuk (1) , P. J. Maguire , L.P. Barry (2) , J. O'Dowd (3) , W.H. Guo (3) , M. Lynch (3) , A.L. Bradley (3, 4) , J.F. Donegan (3, 4) , Hervé Folliot (5)

1 RINCE - Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering
2 RINCE - Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering
3 SEMICOND. PHOTONICS GROUP, TRINITY COLL., DUBLIN, IRELAND - Semiconductor Photonics Group, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
4 Semiconductor Photonics Research Group
5 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

In this letter, a novel method of chromatic dispersion monitoring via two-photon absorption (TPA) is investigated. A specially designed semiconductor microcavity is employed as a TPA detector for monitoring data signals operating at rates up to 80Gb/s. As the microcavity has a wavelength-dependent response, a single device can be used to monitor multiple channels in a multiwavelength optical telecommunication system

Mots clés: Two photon absorption microcavities OTDM chromatic dispersion monitoring

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]; Optique / photonique

K. Bondarczuk, P. J. Maguire, L.P. Barry, J. O'Dowd, W.H. Guo, et al.. Chromatic Dispersion Monitoring of 80-Gb/s OTDM Data Signal via Two-Photon Absorption in a Semiconductor Microcavity. IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett., 2007, 19 (1), pp.21-23. ⟨hal-00142645⟩