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Microresonator-based solitons for massively parallel coherent optical communications

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  • Pablo Marin-Palomo

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Juned N. Kemal

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Maxim Karpov

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Arne Kordts

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Joerg Pfeifle

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Martin H. P. Pfeiffer

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Philipp Trocha

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Stefan Wolf

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Victor Brasch

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Miles H. Anderson

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Ralf Rosenberger

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Kovendhan Vijayan

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Wolfgang Freude

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Tobias J. Kippenberg

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Christian Koos

    (Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

Abstract

Frequency combs produced by solitons in silicon-based optical microresonators are used to transmit data streams of more than 50 terabits per second in telecommunication wavelength bands.

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  • Pablo Marin-Palomo & Juned N. Kemal & Maxim Karpov & Arne Kordts & Joerg Pfeifle & Martin H. P. Pfeiffer & Philipp Trocha & Stefan Wolf & Victor Brasch & Miles H. Anderson & Ralf Rosenberger & Kovendh, 2017. "Microresonator-based solitons for massively parallel coherent optical communications," Nature, Nature, vol. 546(7657), pages 274-279, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:546:y:2017:i:7657:d:10.1038_nature22387
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22387
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