Sub-nanosecond Optical Switching Using Chip-Based Soliton Microcombs

Lange, S.; Raja, A. S.; Shi, K.; Karpov, M.; Behrendt, R.; Cletheroe, D.; Haller, I; Karinou, F.; Fu, X.; Liu, J.; Lukashchuk, A.; Thomsen, B.; Jozwik, K.; Costa, P.; Kippenberg, T. J.; Ballani, H.

doi:10.1364/OFC.2020.W2A.4

conference paper

Sub-nanosecond Optical Switching Using Chip-Based Soliton Microcombs

Lange, S.

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Raja, A. S.

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Shi, K.

January 1, 2020

2020 Optical Fiber Communications Conference And Exposition (Ofc)

Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC)

We demonstrate sub-nanosecond wavelength switching, using a chip-based soliton microcomb and a semiconductor optical amplifier-based wavelength selector. 50-Gbps PAM4 transmission is achieved with discrete components and 25-Gbps NRZ with a photonic integrated wavelength selector.