Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 15, Issue 4, 12200(2022)

Broadband optical frequency comb generation based on single electro-absorption modulation driven by radio frequency coupled signals

Pan Jiang, Peili Li*, and Yiming Fan
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  • College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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    Broadband optical frequency comb (OFC) generation based on a single electro-absorption modulator (EAM) is proposed. The EAM is driven by a radio frequency (RF) multi-frequency signal generated by a multiplication coupler composed of an electrical power splitter and an arithmetic circuit. Thus the number of comb-lines of the generated OFC can be increased. A complete theoretical model of OFC generation by an EAM driven by nth power of the RF source is established, and the performance of the OFC is analyzed by using OptiSystem software. The results show that, the number of comb-lines of the OFC is positively correlated with the number of multiplication of the RF source signal. The frequency spacing of the comb-lines is twice the frequency of the RF source signal and is tunable by adjusting the frequency of the RF source signal. Increasing chirp factor and modulation index of EAM could increase the number of comb-lines of the generated OFC. The amplitude of the RF source signal had little impact on the flatness of the OFC and the average OFC power. The scheme developed is not only simple and low-cost, but also can produce a large number of comb-lines.

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    Pan Jiang, Peili Li, Yiming Fan. Broadband optical frequency comb generation based on single electro-absorption modulation driven by radio frequency coupled signals[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2022, 15(4): 12200

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    Paper Information

    Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Received: Dec. 21, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 28, 2022

    Published Online: Jan. 22, 2023

    The Author Email: Li Peili (lipl@njupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-022-00045-0

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