Title :
Generation of tunable optical frequency combs with a high side mode suppression ratio
Author :
Shihu Zhang ; Juanjuan Yan ; Zhenya Xia ; Xiayuan Yao ; Ming Bai ; Zheng Zheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new scheme of generating optical frequency combs (OFC) utilizing a single dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator. Gaussian-shaped OFC and flat OFC with a tunable spacing, flexible line-number and high side mode suppression ratio are generated.
Keywords :
optical frequency combs; optical modulation; optical tuning; Gaussian-shaped OFC; OFC; flat OFC; flexible line-number; high side mode suppression ratio; single dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator; tunable optical frequency comb generation; tunable spacing; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; RF signals; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
