• DocumentCode
    1120885
  • Title

    Widely wavelength-tunable ultra-flat frequency comb generation using conventional dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator

  • Author

    Sakamoto, T. ; Kawanishi, T. ; Izutsu, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1039
  • Lastpage
    1040
  • Abstract
    Wavelength-tunable ultra-flat optical frequency comb generation is demonstrated using only a conventional Mach-Zehnder modulator that is asymmetrically dual-driven by large-amplitude sinusoidal signals with different amplitudes. A 10 GHz-spaced frequency comb with a 10 dB bandwidth of 230 GHz was experimentally generated. In addition, 50 nm widely wavelength tunable operation was achieved.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; optical tuning; Mach-Zehnder modulator; bandwidth 230 GHz; frequency 10 GHz; large-amplitude sinusoidal signals; wavelength 50 nm; wavelength-tunable ultra-flat frequency comb generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20071267
  • Filename
    4302814
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1120885