Open AccessEffect of a breather soliton in Kerr frequency combs on optical communication systems
Author(s) -
Changjing Bao,
Peicheng Liao,
Lin Zhang,
Yan Yan,
Yinwen Cao,
Guodong Xie,
Amirhossein Mohajerin-Ariaei,
Long Li,
Morteza Ziyadi,
Ahmed Almaiman,
Lionel C. Kimerling,
Jürgen Michel,
Alan E. Willner
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics letters/optics index
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.41.001764
Subject(s) - breather , physics , soliton , optics , envelope (radar) , frequency comb , kerr effect , amplitude , quantum mechanics , telecommunications , nonlinear system , laser , computer science , radar
In this study, we numerically investigate the effect of Kerr-comb-generated breather soliton pulses on optical communication systems. The breather soliton pulse amplitude and spectrum envelope oscillate periodically in time. Simulations show that the spectrum of each comb line in the breather soliton state has multiple sub-teeth due to the periodic oscillation of the comb spectrum. In the simulation, the comb output is modulated with different formats. We find that the sub-teeth distort quadrature phase-shift-keyed signals but have less of an effect on on-off-keyed signals.