A Comb-based Colorless Coherent WDM Transmitter
Di Che, Brian Stern, Kwangwoong Kim, Cagri Ozdilek, Timofey Shpakovsky, John D. Jost, Maxim Karpov

TL;DR
This paper introduces a novel comb-based WDM transmitter that modulates multiple signals on comb lines without demultiplexing, demonstrating its potential scalability using a Kerr microcomb and silicon I/Q modulators.
Contribution
It presents a new scalable WDM transmitter design utilizing a Kerr microcomb and silicon I/Q modulators for independent signal modulation on comb lines.
Findings
Proof of concept demonstrated
Potential for high scalability shown
Modulation of independent signals achieved
Abstract
We propose a comb-based WDM transmitter capable of modulating independent signals to comb lines without demultiplexing them and prove its concept and potential scalability in a WDM transmitter consisting of a Kerr microcomb and a silicon I/Q modulator array.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies · Optical Network Technologies · Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
