Report
Teaser, summary, work performed and final results
Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LASERCOMB (DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET UPTAKE OF A GHZ-RATE FIBRE LASER FREQUENCY COMB FOR ELASTIC OPTICAL NETWORKS)
Teaser
Digital communications are being fostered by new business markets such as IoT or Big Data, whose data transmission highlights the market demand of developing innovative communication networks that can take on the increasing demands regarding speed and responsiveness. Upgrading...
Summary
Digital communications are being fostered by new business markets such as IoT or Big Data, whose data transmission highlights the market demand of developing innovative communication networks that can take on the increasing demands regarding speed and responsiveness. Upgrading current communication systems towards multi Tb/s transmission networks is a strategic decision for service suppliers that will imply billions of euros in optical networks’ markets. R&D technologies are moving towards Elastic Optical Networks and Super-Channels, in which multiple coherent optical carriers are combined to create a unified channel of a higher data rate (typically >400Gb/s).
In this context, the need and business opportunity that leads FYLA to develop LASERCOMB came from market demand of new communication standards for providing faster, more transparent, dynamic and greener broadband networks.
The main objective of the project is the optimization, demonstration and commercialization of a GHz-rate fibre laser frequency comb (LASERCOMB) to enable the new communication paradigm based on EONs and Super-Channels. During SME Instrument Phase I, the objective has been to perform the technical feasibility study and develop the business plan to reinforce main LASERCOMB business aspects.
Work performed
During Phase 1 of SME Instrument, two main activities have been performed:
- Technical assessment and feasibility of the concept, including flexibility, short-term stability and long-term stability. In this sense, it has been performed surveys among potential clients and contacts with stakeholders for analysis of end-user acceptance, standardisation or its potential involvement as prescribers for LASERCOMB commercialisation.
- Commercial assessment and economic feasibility, including market analysis, business and exploitation plans, the economic and risk assessment and the actions to expand and strength the stakeholder’s network.
Final results
The progress beyond SoA, results and potential impact are related to main value propositions provided by LASERCOMB, which are:
1. High quality signals with temporal coherence between carriers (multiple carriers from unique source).
2. Long-term stable emission (operation 24/7).
3. Robustness (increase up to 5 times the lifetime of laser source).
4. Reduce size and weight (at least 80%).
5. Reduce costs (50% copared with other comb-lasers and 75% compared with transceivers of diode arrays).
6. Enable multiprotocol (use in optical networks, Wireless, ROF, Satellite, etc.).
These value prepositions will enable the new communication paradigm based on EONs and Super-Channels.
Website & more info
More info: https://www.fyla.com/project-lasercomb/.