Tunable and ultraflat optical frequency comb generator based on cascaded intensity modulators

Li, Bo, Lin, Guibin, Wu, FuPing, Shang, Lei

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Bo Li, Guibin Lin, FuPing Wu, Lei Shang Tunable and ultraflat optical frequency comb generator based on cascaded intensity modulators [на англ. яз.] // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 6. С. 25–30.

Bo Li, Guibin Lin, FuPing Wu, Lei Shang Tunable and ultraflat optical frequency comb generator based on cascaded intensity modulators [in English] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 6. P. 25–30.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

Bo Li, Guibin Lin, Lei Shang, and FuPing Wu, "Tunable and ultraflat optical frequency comb generator based on cascaded intensity modulators," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(6), 348-352 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000348

Abstract:

An optical frequency comb generator based on two-cascade intensity modulators is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By carefully adjusting direct current biases and drive amplitudes of radio frequency signals of the two intensity modulators, the combs consisting of 3, 5, 9, 15, or 25 lines with the relative amplitude flatness within 1 dB can be generated. The scheme is relatively simple and adjustable, where the frequency spacing varies with microwave frequency applied on modulators.

Keywords:

optical frequency comb, intensity modulator, optical communications

Acknowledgements:

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program: 2010CB328300), 111 project (under grant: B08038), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (K5051301010), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (under grant: 61072070, 61301179), and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (under grant: 20110203110011).

OCIS codes: 140.0140, 060.4510, 060.4080

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