Membrane-Based Receiver/Transmitter for Reconfigurable Optical Wireless Beam-Steering Systems

In this paper, a novel integrated optical wireless receiver/transmitter is presented. The device is realized on an InP membrane platform where active and passive components are integrated monolithically. It can be reconfigured to either receiver mode or transmitter mode, by simple control on the operation mode of a photodetector (short SOA). Demonstration of the receiver mode in an indoor optical wireless system has shown 17.4-Gbps OFDM signal transmission, illustrating the potential of this concept.

[1]  L. Coldren,et al.  Two-dimensional free-space beam steering with an optical phased array on silicon-on-insulator. , 2011, Optics express.

[2]  Gunther Roelkens,et al.  Photonic integration in indium-phosphide membranes on silicon (IMOS) , 2014, Photonics West - Optoelectronic Materials and Devices.

[3]  Mk Meint Smit,et al.  First Demonstration of an Electrically Pumped Laser in the InP Membrane on Silicon Platform , 2015 .

[4]  C. W. Oh,et al.  Optical wireless data transfer enabled by a cascaded acceptance optical receiver fabricated in an InP membrane platform , 2016, 2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC).

[5]  van Pj René Veldhoven,et al.  Ultra-thin DVS-BCB adhesive bonding of III-V wafers, dies and multiple dies to a patterned silicon-on-insulator substrate , 2013 .

[6]  Yuqing Jiao,et al.  Design and fabrication Technology for a Twin-Guide SOA Concept on InP membranes , 2014 .

[7]  Michael R. Watts,et al.  Large-scale nanophotonic phased array , 2013, Nature.

[8]  Yuqing Jiao,et al.  Fullerene-assisted electron-beam lithography for pattern improvement and loss reduction in InP membrane waveguide devices. , 2014, Optics letters.

[9]  Zizheng Cao,et al.  Optically controlled 2D radio beam steering system , 2014, Microwave Photonics (MWP) and the 2014 9th Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (APMP) 2014 International Topical Meeting on.

[10]  Hoa Le Minh,et al.  High-Speed Optical Wireless Demonstrators: Conclusions and Future Directions , 2012, Journal of Lightwave Technology.

[11]  Erwin A. J. M. Bente,et al.  InP photonic circuits using generic integration (Invited) , 2015 .

[12]  L. A. Coldren,et al.  Two-Dimensional Optical Beam Steering With InP-Based Photonic Integrated Circuits , 2013, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics.

[13]  Qian Ma,et al.  Advanced Integration Techniques on Broadband Millimeter-Wave Beam Steering for 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond , 2016, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.

[14]  Mk Meint Smit,et al.  Vertical and Smooth Single-Step Reactive Ion Etching Process for InP Membrane Waveguides , 2015 .

[15]  Yuqing Jiao,et al.  Ultra-Sharp and Highly Tolerant Waveguide Bends for InP Photonic Membrane Circuits , 2016, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters.

[16]  Valencia Joyner,et al.  A 5Gb/s 7-channel current-mode imaging receiver front-end for free-space optical MIMO , 2009, 2009 52nd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems.

[17]  Jie Sun,et al.  Large-Scale Silicon Photonic Circuits for Optical Phased Arrays , 2014, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics.

[18]  Meint Meint Smit,et al.  InP photonic circuits using generic integration , 2015 .

[19]  K. Mekonnen,et al.  Ultra-High Capacity Indoor Optical Wireless Communication Using 2D-Steered Pencil Beams , 2016, Journal of Lightwave Technology.