Patent ID: 7340122
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: B82Y,G01R,G02B,G02F,H01L,H01S,H04B,H04J

Abstract:
1. A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) comprising a plurality of monolithically integrated optical components formed in a plurality of signal channels on a single chip comprising: an array of spatially disposed laser sources operating at different respective wavelengths within an optical telecommunication communication bandwidth and providing light outputs; an array of spatially disposed electro-optical modulators each respectively optically coupled to the light output of a laser source to provide a modulated signal output; an array of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) each respectively optically coupled to a modulated signal output to amplify the light signal output of an electro-optical modulator; and an optical combiner optically coupled to receive outputs of the semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and combine them into to a single output for transfer from the chip.