Reconfigurable and real-time high-bandwidth Nyquist signal detection with low-bandwidth in silicon photonics

We demonstrate for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, reconfigurable and real-time orthogonal time-domain detection of a high-bandwidth Nyquist signal with a low-bandwidth silicon photonics Mach-Zehnder modulator based receiver. As the Nyquist signal has a rectangular bandwidth, it can be...

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Main Authors: Kress, C. (Author), Meier, J. (Author), Misra, A. (Author), Preussler, S. (Author), Scheytt, J.C (Author), Schneider, T. (Author), Schwabe, T. (Author), Singh, K. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) 2022
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245 1 0 |a Reconfigurable and real-time high-bandwidth Nyquist signal detection with low-bandwidth in silicon photonics 
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520 3 |a We demonstrate for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, reconfigurable and real-time orthogonal time-domain detection of a high-bandwidth Nyquist signal with a low-bandwidth silicon photonics Mach-Zehnder modulator based receiver. As the Nyquist signal has a rectangular bandwidth, it can be multiplexed in the wavelength domain without any guardband as a part of a Nyquist-WDM superchannel. These superchannels can be additionally multiplexed in space and polarization. Thus, the presented demonstration can open a new possibility for the detection of multidimensional parallel data signals with silicon photonics. No external pulse source is needed for the receiver, and frequency-time coherence is used to sample the incoming Nyquist signal with orthogonal sinc-shaped Nyquist pulse sequences. All parameters are completely tunable in the electrical domain. The feasibility of the scheme is demonstrated through a proof-of-concept experiment over the entire C-band (1530 nm-1560 nm), employing a 24 Gbaud Nyquist QPSK signal due to experimental constraints on the transmitter side electronics. However, the silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with a 3-dB bandwidth of only 16 GHz can process Nyquist signals of 90 GHz optical bandwidth, suggesting a possibility to detect symbol rates up to 90 GBd in an integrated Nyquist receiver. © 2022 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement Journal © 2022 
650 0 4 |a Bandwidth 
650 0 4 |a Domain detections 
650 0 4 |a High bandwidth 
650 0 4 |a Light modulation 
650 0 4 |a Light modulators 
650 0 4 |a Low-bandwidth 
650 0 4 |a Mach Zehnder modulator 
650 0 4 |a Nyquist 
650 0 4 |a Photonic devices 
650 0 4 |a Real- time 
650 0 4 |a Reconfigurable 
650 0 4 |a Signal detection 
650 0 4 |a Signal receivers 
650 0 4 |a Signal's detections 
650 0 4 |a Silicon photonics 
650 0 4 |a Superchannel 
650 0 4 |a Time domain 
700 1 |a Kress, C.  |e author 
700 1 |a Meier, J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Misra, A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Preussler, S.  |e author 
700 1 |a Scheytt, J.C.  |e author 
700 1 |a Schneider, T.  |e author 
700 1 |a Schwabe, T.  |e author 
700 1 |a Singh, K.  |e author 
773 |t Optics Express