Investigation on Nyquist pulse generation by optical frequency comb

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

J. Qian, S. Tian, L. Shang Investigation on Nyquist pulse generation by optical frequency comb (Исследование генерации найквистовских импульсов с помощью гребенки оптических частот) [на англ. яз.] // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 11. С. 68–72.

J. Qian, S. Tian, L. Shang Investigation on Nyquist pulse generation by optical frequency comb (Исследование генерации найквистовских импульсов с помощью гребенки оптических частот) [in English] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 11. P. 68–72.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

J. Qian, S. Tian, and L. Shang, "Investigation on Nyquist pulse generation by optical frequency comb," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(11), 699-702 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000699

Abstract:

Compared with OFDM, Nyquist signal transmission has several unique advantages, such as lower receiver complexity, lower receiver bandwidths, and lower peak-to-average power ratios, which give better performances under fiber nonlinear impairments. Since the sinc-shaped waveforms in the time domain correspond to a rectangular spectrum in the frequency domain, the Nyquist pulses can also be obtained directly from the generation of a flat frequency comb with electro-optic modulators. In this paper, a complete theoretical analysis of Nyquist pulse generation with 3 comb lines generated with a single intensity modulator is developed. It is proved that both the amplitude and phase of the sidebands in the optical frequency comb are important for generation of Nyquist pulses. Theoretically, it is found that it is impossible to generate Nyquist pulses with more than 3 comb lines using a single intensity modulator even if 5 flat comb lines are realized. A Nyquist pulse can be generated with 9 comb lines by two cascaded intensity modulators, but the sum of the phase shift caused by the two DC voltages of the intensity modulators must be π.

Keywords:

Nyquist pulses, optical frequency comb, phase relationship

Acknowledgements:

This work was supported by 111 project (under granted: B08038), the Project Supported by Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Program No. 2016JM6009), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JY10000901005).

OCIS codes: 060.2330, 060.5625, 190.4160

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