title: Effect of a breather soliton in Kerr frequency combs on optical communication systems.
abstract: In this study, we numerically investigate the effect of Kerr-comb-generated breather soliton pulses on optical communication systems. The breather soliton pulse amplitude and spectrum envelope oscillate periodically in time. Simulations show that the spectrum of each comb line in the breather soliton state has multiple sub-teeth due to the periodic oscillation of the comb spectrum. In the simulation, the comb output is modulated with different formats. We find that the sub-teeth distort quadrature phase-shift-keyed signals but have less of an effect on on-off-keyed signals.
authors.forename: Changjing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Peicheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Yinwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Amirhossein
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohajerin-Ariaei
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ziyadi
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Almaiman
authors.forename: Lionel C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Kimerling
authors.forename: Jurgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Willner