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Optical Data Transmission at 44 Tb/s with a Single Integrated Chip Source
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: Received: 24 February 2021 / Approved: 24 February 2021 / Online: 24 February 2021 (12:59:47 CET)
How to cite: Tan, M.; Xu, M.; Moss, D. Optical Data Transmission at 44 Tb/s with a Single Integrated Chip Source. Preprints 2021, 2021020550. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0550.v1 Tan, M.; Xu, M.; Moss, D. Optical Data Transmission at 44 Tb/s with a Single Integrated Chip Source. Preprints 2021, 2021020550. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0550.v1
Abstract
We report world record high data transmission over standard optical fiber from a single optical source. We achieve a line rate of 44.2 Terabits per second (Tb/s) employing only the C-band at 1550nm, resulting in a spectral efficiency of 10.4 bits/s/Hz. We use a new and powerful class of micro-comb called soliton crystals that exhibit robust operation and stable generation as well as a high intrinsic efficiency that, together with an extremely low spacing of 48.9 GHz enables a very high coherent data modulation format of 64 QAM. We achieve error free transmission across 75 km of standard optical fiber in the lab and over a field trial with a metropolitan optical fiber network. This work demonstrates the ability of optical micro-combs to exceed other approaches in performance for the most demanding practical optical communications applications.
Keywords
microcombs; data transmission; filters; high bandwidth; optical
Subject
Engineering, Telecommunications
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