Generation of optical frequency combs based on time-to-frequency conversion
- Author(s): Juanjuan Yan 1 ; Yichao Peng 1 ; Xiayuan Yao 1 ; Ming Bai 1 ; Zheng Zheng 1
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School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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Volume 8, Issue 3,
June 2014,
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149 – 153
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt.2013.0095 , Print ISSN 1751-8768, Online ISSN 1751-8776
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Flat-top optical frequency combs (OFC) are generated using electro-optical phase modulators (PM) driven by sinusoidal signals as a time-to-frequency convertor. A linear equation is derived to predict the number of OFC lines according to the time duration of the flat-top pulse inputted to the PM and the modulation index of the PM. Both the simulated and experimental results confirm the validity of the proposed method.
Inspec keywords: optical modulation; electro-optical devices; optical frequency conversion
Other keywords: flat-top pulse; optical modulation index; flat-top optical frequency comb generat; time-to-frequency conversion; electrooptical phase modulators; linear equation; sinusoidal signals
Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Optical beam modulators; Electro-optical devices; Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification; Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning
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