Title :
Simultaneous phase noise reduction of 30 comb lines from a quantum-dash mode-locked laser diode enabling coherent tbit/s data transmission
Author :
Pfeifle, J. ; Watts, R. ; Shkarban, I. ; Wolf, S. ; Vujicic, V. ; Landais, P. ; Chimot, N. ; Joshi, S. ; Merghem, K. ; Calo, C. ; Weber, M. ; Ramdane, A. ; Lelarge, F. ; Barry, L. ; Freude, W. ; Koos, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
A feed-forward heterodyne scheme is shown to simultaneously reduce the phase noise of many comb lines from a quantum-dash mode-locked laser diode (QD-MLLD). This enables the first coherent data transmission using QD-MLLD as multi-wavelength source.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; optical communication equipment; quantum dash lasers; comb lines; data transmission; feed-forward heterodyne scheme; phase noise reduction; quantum-dash mode-locked laser diode; Adaptive optics; Coherence; Laser mode locking; Measurement by laser beam; Optical polarization; Quantum dots; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
