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Frequency Comb-based Wavelength Division Multiplexing and Detection without Wavelength Demultiplexers

Optics 2025-04-22 v1 Signal Processing
Authors: Di Che , Zhongdi Peng , Mikael Mazur , Nicolas Fontaine
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Abstract

We demonstrate a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) concept using demultiplexer-free frequency combs at both transmitter and receiver in a 4-wavelength 200-GHz-grid WDM system with flexible symbol rates, aiming to avoid the power-hungry wavelength control on demultiplexers.

Keywords

optical frequency combs

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@article{arxiv.2504.15012,
  title  = {Frequency Comb-based Wavelength Division Multiplexing and Detection without Wavelength Demultiplexers},
  author = {Di Che and Zhongdi Peng and Mikael Mazur and Nicolas Fontaine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.15012},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Published in ECOC'2024, PDP Th3A.6

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