A coupled-cavity monolithic optical frequency comb generator

Author

Kourogi, M. ; Enami, T. ; Ohtsu, M.

Author_Institution

Interdisciplinary Graduate Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

8

Issue

12

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1698

Lastpage

1700

Abstract

We have designed a monolithic optical frequency comb generator (M-OFC-G) that uses an external coupled cavity for the 1.5-μm region. The comb envelope was observed with a span or 6.3 THz and the total cavity transmission has been 16%. With an additional etalon inside the external coupled cavity, the comb envelope spanned 7 THz while the transmission dropped to 9%. We also demonstrated the possibility of increasing the power of selected sidebands by using a coupled cavity at the output port of the M-OFC-G. We observed an increase of the power of the selected sidebands within a range of 5.6 THz.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; Fabry-Perot resonators; electro-optical modulation; integrated optoelectronics; 1.5 mum; Fabry Perot electro optical modulator; additional etalon; comb envelope; coupled cavity; coupled-cavity monolithic optical frequency comb generator; external coupled cavity; monolithic optical frequency comb generator; output port; selected sidebands; total cavity transmission; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency modulation; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Power generation; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.544723

Filename

544723