Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 104(2017)
A simplified tunable frequency interval optical frequency comb generator using a single continuous-wave laser
We propose and demonstrate a simplified and tunable frequency interval optical frequency comb (OFC) generator based on a dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DD-MZM) using a single continuous-wave (CW) laser and low-power radio frequency (RF) driven signal. A mathematical model for the scheme is established. The 21- and 29-mode OFCs with frequency interval ranging from 6 GHz to 40 GHz are obtained under DD-MZM driven by a low-power RF signal within a maximum bandwidth of 1.12 THz. The generated OFCs exhibit spectral flatnesses of less than 0.5 dB and 0.8 dB within bandwidths of 160 GHz and 400 GHz, respectively.
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LIU Li, XU Tie-feng, DAI Zhen-xiang, DAI Shi-xun, LIU Tai-jun. A simplified tunable frequency interval optical frequency comb generator using a single continuous-wave laser[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2017, 13(2): 104
Received: Jul. 15, 2016
Accepted: Dec. 5, 2016
Published Online: Sep. 13, 2018
The Author Email: Tie-feng XU (xutiefeng@nbu.edu.cn)