• DocumentCode
    562095
  • Title

    Microresonator-based optical frequency combs for high-bitrate WDM data transmission

  • Author

    Pfeifle, J. ; Weimann, C. ; Bach, F. ; Riemensberger, J. ; Hartinger, K. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Jordan, M. ; Holtzwarth, R. ; Kippenberg, T.J. ; Leuthold, J. ; Freude, W. ; Koos, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A nonlinear high-Q SiN microresonator is used as a frequency comb generator for data transmission at 170.8 Gbit/s. The main sources for signal impairment are identified. Further dispersion engineering is crucial for Terabit/s transmission.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; microcavities; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical resonators; wavelength division multiplexing; SiN; Terabit/s transmission; WDM data transmission; bit rate 170.8 Gbit/s; dispersion engineering; high-Q SiN microresonator; optical frequency combs; signal impairment; Bit error rate; Data communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6192097