Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 8, Issue 3, 316(2010)

Equal-amplitude optical comb generation using multi-frequency phase modulation in optical fibers

Yuelan Lu1, Yongwei Xing1, and Yongkang Dong2
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  • 1College of Science, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • 2Institute of Opto-Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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    We theoretically analyze and experimentally demonstrate a method of generating equal-amplitude optical comb exploiting multi-frequency phase modulation. The theoretical analysis shows that 4n-1 equal amplitude spectral lines can be obtained when the modulation signal comprises n frequency components including the fundamental frequency and the odd harmonic frequencies, and 2n+1 equal-amplitude spectral lines can be obtained when the modulation signal comprises n frequency components including the fundamental frequency and the even harmonic frequencies. Then, we numerically simulate the spectra of 5, 7, 9, and 11 equal-amplitude spectral lines, respectively, which are also obtained in experiments with frequency separation of 30 MHz and flatness of better than 0.3 dB.

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    Yuelan Lu, Yongwei Xing, Yongkang Dong. Equal-amplitude optical comb generation using multi-frequency phase modulation in optical fibers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8(3): 316

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    Paper Information

    Received: May. 12, 2009

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 11, 2010

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    DOI:10.3788/COL20100803.0316

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