Title :
Study of generation of optical frequency combs using microring resonators and its application to optical clock rate multiplication
Author :
Arshiya, Sulthana A. K. ; Nair, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., SSN Coll. of Eng., Chennai, India
Abstract :
This work concentrates on the application of spectrally periodic filtering nature of microring resonators for optical clock/pulse rate multiplication. This is a less complex, low cost route for realization of high bandwidth optical communication systems. Microring resonator is modeled theoretically to extract appropriate dimensions and cross coupling ratios to realize spectral filtering with different periodicities. Using this, a 5X multiplication of a 10GHz optical pulse stream to generate 50GHz optical clock has been theoretically demonstrated.
Keywords :
clocks; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical pulse generation; optical resonators; 5X multiplication; cross coupling ratios; dimension extraction; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 50 GHz; high bandwidth optical communication systems; microring resonators; optical clock generation; optical clock rate multiplication; optical frequency comb generation; optical pulse rate multiplication; optical pulse stream; spectrally periodic filtering; Couplings; Integrated optics; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; FSR (Free Spectral Range); FWHM (Full Width Half Maximum); MRR (Microring Resonator); PRRM (Pulse Rate Repetition Multiplier);
Conference_Titel :
Information & Communication Technologies (ICT), 2013 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
JeJu Island
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5759-3
DOI :
10.1109/CICT.2013.6558134
