Author :
Weimann, C. ; Wolf, Stefan ; Korn, D. ; Palmer, R. ; Koeber, S. ; Schmogrow, R. ; Schindler, Philipp C. ; Alloatti, L. ; Ludwig, Arne ; Heni, Wolfgang ; Bekele, D. ; Elder, D.L. ; Yu, Haoyong ; Bogaerts, W. ; Dalton, L.R. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, Juerg ;
Author_Institution :
Inst. IPQ, Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate a frequency comb generator using silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) electrooptic modulators to obtain flat-top comb spectra. This is the first demonstration of a modulator-based frequency comb generator on silicon. The viability of the device is confirmed in a data transmission experiment achieving an aggregate data rate of 784 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; optical communication equipment; organic semiconductors; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; SOH electrooptic modulators; SOH frequency comb source; WDM; aggregate data rate; bit rate 784 Gbit/s; data transmission; flat-top comb spectra; modulator-based frequency comb generator; silicon-organic hybrid electrooptic modulators; silicon-organic hybrid frequency comb source;
