Photonic Sensors, Volume. 6, Issue 1, 85(2016)

Flat Frequency Comb Generation Based on Efficiently Multiple Four-Wave Mixing Without Polarization Control

Qimeng DONG, Bao SUN*, Fushen CHEN, and Jun JIANG
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  • Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing & Communications (Ministry of Education), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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    This paper presents a new technique for flat optical frequency comb (OFC) generation, which is based on the nonlinear process of multiple four-wave mixing (FWM) effects. The nonlinear effects are significantly enhanced by using the proposed optical feedback scheme consisting of a single mode fiber (SMF), two highly nonlinear fibers (HNLFs) with different zero dispersion wavelengths (ZDWs) and polarization beam splitters (PBSs). Simulation results illustrate its efficiency and applicability of expanding a comb to 128 coherent lines spaced by only 20 GHz within 6-dB power deviation.

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    Qimeng DONG, Bao SUN, Fushen CHEN, Jun JIANG. Flat Frequency Comb Generation Based on Efficiently Multiple Four-Wave Mixing Without Polarization Control[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2016, 6(1): 85

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    Paper Information

    Category: Regular

    Received: Aug. 18, 2015

    Accepted: Sep. 8, 2015

    Published Online: Apr. 12, 2016

    The Author Email: SUN Bao (27450996@qq.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-015-0273-9

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