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
Author Affiliations
  • College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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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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