Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) frequency comb sources for terabit/s data transmission

C Weimann; P C Schindler; R Palmer; S Wolf; D Bekele; D Korn; J Pfeifle; S Koeber; R Schmogrow; L Alloatti; D Elder; H Yu; W Bogaerts; L R Dalton; W Freude; J Leuthold; C Koos

doi:10.1364/OE.22.003629

Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) frequency comb sources for terabit/s data transmission

Opt Express. 2014 Feb 10;22(3):3629-37. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.003629.

Authors

C Weimann, P C Schindler, R Palmer, S Wolf, D Bekele, D Korn, J Pfeifle, S Koeber, R Schmogrow, L Alloatti, D Elder, H Yu, W Bogaerts, L R Dalton, W Freude, J Leuthold, C Koos

PMID: 24663654
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003629

Abstract

We demonstrate frequency comb sources based on silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) electro-optic modulators. Frequency combs with line spacings of 25 GHz and 40 GHz are generated, featuring flat-top spectra with less than 2 dB power variations over up to 7 lines. The combs are used for WDM data transmission at terabit/s data rates and distances of up to 300 km.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't