Lakshmijayasimha, Prajwal ORCID: 0000-0002-3381-3337, Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, Aleksandra ORCID: 0000-0003-4811-9273, Martin, Eamonn ORCID: 0000-0002-1720-4531, Hammad, Mohab, Landais, Pascal ORCID: 0000-0002-4807-0695 and Anandarajah, Prince M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7335-8044 (2020) Characterization of a multifunctional active demultiplexer for optical frequency combs. Optics and Laser Technology, 134 . ISSN 0030-3992
Abstract
We report on a multifunctional active demultiplexer for optical frequency combs. The proposed technique, based
on injection locking, combines the functionality of a tunable demultiplexer, gain equalizer and an optical
amplifer, all in one device. Validation of the concept is experimentally demonstrated through simultaneous
demultiplexing and amplifcation of combs with various free spectral ranges (2.5 to 15 GHz), achieving an
adjacent channel suppression ratio > 35 dB and an output power of 7.5 dBm. The functionality of the demultiplexer is extended to that of a gain equalizer, by fltering comb tones with powers 10 dB below the spectral
peak, whilst maintaining a suppression ratio > 30 dB and a constant output power. This feature increases the
number of comb lines suited for data modulation (i.e. usable lines), by a factor of ~1.7. Finally, we test the
stability of such a demultiplexer, by measuring the frequency drift, beat tone power variations and phase correlation between demultiplexed tones.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Additional Information: | Article number: 106637 |
Subjects: | Engineering > Optical communication Engineering > Signal processing Physical Sciences > Photonics Physical Sciences > Semiconductors |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering Research Institutes and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE) |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106637 |
Copyright Information: | © 2020 The Authors. |
Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) 15/CDA/3640. Financial support by SFI 17/IFB/5385, the SFI/European Regional Development Fund (13/RC/2077) and DT2018 0268 |
ID Code: | 27067 |
Deposited On: | 26 Apr 2022 14:41 by Pascal Landais . Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 13:21 |
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