Title :
Characterization of dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator based optical frequency comb generator in two regimes
Author :
Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Scott, Ryan P. ; Ben Yoo, S.J. ; Sakamoto, Takahide
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA
Abstract :
Amplitude and phase characterization of the output from a dual-electrode LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder modulator based ultra-flat optical frequency comb generator is investigated for well-known ldquoin-phaserdquo operation and a new ldquoout-of-phaserdquo regime. The out-of-phase regime may be realized with a single-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; amplitude modulation; electrodes; lithium compounds; optical modulation; phase modulation; LiNbO3; dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator; in-phase operation; optical frequency comb generator; out-of-phase regime; Character generation; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Laser modes; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Radio frequency; Time domain analysis; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688551
