Silicon Photonics DWDM NLFT Soliton Transmitter

TL;DR

This paper explores the use of silicon photonics chips for dense wavelength division multiplexing of solitons, focusing on nonlinear Fourier-transform techniques, system conditions, noise effects, and methods to improve transmission performance.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach combining silicon photonics with nonlinear Fourier-transform for efficient dense soliton transmission.

Findings

Effective launch conditions identified for dense soliton multiplexing

Noise impacts on nonlinear spectrum characterized

Equalization techniques improve transmission quality

Abstract

We investigate the transmission of densely multiplexed solitons using a photonic integrated chip and the nonlinear Fourier-transform and analyze required launch conditions, the effect of (de-)multiplexing and noise on the nonlinear spectrum, and equalization techniques that can be used to enhance the transmission performance.