A 1.3/1.55-/spl mu/m wavelength-division multiplexing optical module using a planar lightwave circuit for full duplex operation

Abstract

We developed a hybrid integrated optical module for 1.3/1.55-/spl mu/m wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) full-duplex operation. The optical circuit was designed to suppress the optical and electrical crosstalk using a wavelength division multiplexing filter, and an optical crosstalk of -43 dB and an electrical crosstalk of -105 dB were achieved with a separation between the transmitter laser diode and the receiver photodiode of more than 9 mm. We used the optical circuit design to fabricate an optical module with a bare chip preamplifier in a package. This module exhibited a full duplex operation of 156 Mbit/s with a minimum sensitivity of -35.2 dBm at a bit error rate of 10/sup -10/.