Optical injection locking: From principle to applications

Z Liu, R Slavík - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020 - opg.optica.org
This paper reviews optical injection locking (OIL) of semiconductor lasers and its application
in optical communications and signal processing. Despite complex OIL dynamics, we …

Frequency comb distillation for optical superchannel transmission

C Prayoonyong, A Boes, X Xu, M Tan… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical frequency combs can potentially provide an efficient light source for multi-terabit-per-
second optical superchannels. However, as the bandwidth of these multi-wavelength light …

[HTML][HTML] 60 Gbps real-time wireless communications at 300 GHz carrier using a Kerr microcomb-based source

BM Heffernan, Y Kawamoto, K Maekawa… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Future wireless communication infrastructure will rely on terahertz systems that can support
an increasing demand for large-bandwidth, ultra-fast wireless data transfer. In order to …

Photonic integrated gain switched optical frequency comb for spectrally efficient optical transmission systems

MDG Pascual, V Vujicic, J Braddell… - IEEE Photonics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate the performance of a novel integrated gain switched optical frequency
comb source (GS-OFCS) in two different optical transmission systems. The device generates …

[HTML][HTML] A perspective on optical microcomb distillation: A tool to break power barriers for tiny rainbows

B Corcoran, C Prayoonyong - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Optical microcombs are compact photonic-chip-based devices able to produce precise
optical frequency combs. However, these combs are often limited in power, which can …

Optimising microring resonator based optical frequency comb distillation for optical communications systems

C Prayoonyong, B Corcoran - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Microring resonators (MRR) can be used as devices for filtering out broadband noise on
optical frequency combs, in cases where significant amplification of a generated comb is …

Injection locked wavelength de-multiplexer for optical comb-based nyquist wdm system

R Zhou, T Shao, MDG Pascual… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a standalone four-output wavelength de-multiplexer (de-mux) using optical
injection locking for simultaneous comb tone separation, amplification and power …

InP-based optical comb-locked tunable transmitter

Z Liu, S Farwell, M Wale, DJ Richardson… - Optical Fiber …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
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2016 InP-based Optical Comb-locked Tunable Transmitter Zhixin Liu(1), Selina Farwell(2) …

[HTML][HTML] Optical injection locking for generation of tunable low-noise millimeter wave and THz signals

G Nazarikov, S Rommel, W Yao, I Tafur Monroy - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article presents the experimental demonstration of synchronization of two integrated
semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector lasers, fabricated with a generic multiproject wafer …

Quantifying the impact of frequency comb distillation on comb-based optical communications systems

C Prayoonyong, B Corcoran - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microring resonators (MRR) can be used as a selective filter for amplified optical frequency
combs, to reduce the impact of broadband noise. This approach, called comb distillation …