A Comb-based Colorless Coherent WDM Transmitter

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.