Microsphere-Based Optical Frequency Comb Generator for 200 GHz Spaced WDM Data Transmission System

Elena A. Anashkina; Maria P. Marisova; Alexey V. Andrianov; Rinat A. Akhmedzhanov; Rihards Murnieks; Mikhail D. Tokman; Laura Skladova; Ivan V. Oladyshkin; Toms Salgals; Ilya Lyashuk; Arseniy Sorokin; Sandis Spolitis; Gerd Leuchs; Vjaceslavs Bobrovs

doi:10.3390/photonics7030072

Photonics (Sep 2020)

Microsphere-Based Optical Frequency Comb Generator for 200 GHz Spaced WDM Data Transmission System

Elena A. Anashkina,
Maria P. Marisova,
Alexey V. Andrianov,
Rinat A. Akhmedzhanov,
Rihards Murnieks,
Mikhail D. Tokman,
Laura Skladova,
Ivan V. Oladyshkin,
Toms Salgals,
Ilya Lyashuk,
Arseniy Sorokin,
Sandis Spolitis,
Gerd Leuchs,
Vjaceslavs Bobrovs

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Elena A. Anashkina: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Maria P. Marisova: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Alexey V. Andrianov: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Rinat A. Akhmedzhanov: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Rihards Murnieks: Institute of Telecommunications of the Riga Technical University, 12 Azenes street, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Mikhail D. Tokman: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Laura Skladova: Institute of Telecommunications of the Riga Technical University, 12 Azenes street, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Ivan V. Oladyshkin: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Toms Salgals: Institute of Telecommunications of the Riga Technical University, 12 Azenes street, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Ilya Lyashuk: Institute of Telecommunications of the Riga Technical University, 12 Azenes street, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Arseniy Sorokin: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Sandis Spolitis: Institute of Telecommunications of the Riga Technical University, 12 Azenes street, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Gerd Leuchs: Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Vjaceslavs Bobrovs: Institute of Telecommunications of the Riga Technical University, 12 Azenes street, 1048 Riga, Latvia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics7030072
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 3
p. 72

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Optical frequency comb (OFC) generators based on whispering gallery mode (WGM) microresonators have a massive potential to ensure spectral and energy efficiency in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) telecommunication systems. The use of silica microspheres for telecommunication applications has hardly been studied but could be promising. We propose, investigate, and optimize numerically a simple design of a silica microsphere-based OFC generator in the C-band with a free spectral range of 200 GHz and simulate its implementation to provide 4-channel 200 GHz spaced WDM data transmission system. We calculate microsphere characteristics such as WGM eigenfrequencies, dispersion, nonlinear Kerr coefficient with allowance for thermo-optical effects, and simulate OFC generation in the regime of a stable dissipative Kerr soliton. We show that by employing generated OFC lines as optical carriers for WDM data transmission, it is possible to ensure error-free data transmission with a bit error rate (BER) of 4.5 × 10−30, providing a total of 40 Gbit/s of transmission speed on four channels.

Published in Photonics

ISSN: 2304-6732 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics

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