Title :
Full C and L-band transmission at 20 Tbit/s using cavity-soliton Kerr frequency combs
Author :
Pfeifle, J. ; Kordts, A. ; Marin, P. ; Karpov, M. ; Pfeiffer, M. ; Brasch, V. ; Rosenberger, R. ; Kemal, J. ; Wolf, S. ; Freude, W. ; Kippenberg, T.J. ; Koos, C.
Author_Institution :
Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Temporal soliton formation in a Kerr-nonlinear optical micro-resonator leads to a coherent frequency comb covering the C and L-band. We demonstrate WDM transmission with 94 comb lines and an aggregate data rate of 20 Tbit/s.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical frequency combs; optical resonators; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; Kerr-nonlinear optical microresonator; L-band transmission; WDM transmission; aggregate data rate; bit rate 20 Tbit/s; cavity-soliton Kerr frequency combs; coherent frequency comb; comb lines; full C-band transmission; temporal soliton formation; L-band; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
