• DocumentCode
    2302702
  • Title

    Generation, characterization, and applications of high repetition rate optical frequency combs

  • Author

    Weiner, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    489
  • Lastpage
    490
  • Abstract
    High repetition rate frequency combs and pulse trains are generated from continuous-wave lasers either by strong electro-optic modulation or by nonlinear wave mixing in microresonators. Applications to optical and RF arbitrary waveform generation and signal processing are discussed.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; microcavities; microcavity lasers; micromechanical resonators; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical information processing; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; RF arbitrary waveform generation; continuous-wave lasers; high-repetition rate optical frequency combs; microresonators; nonlinear wave mixing; optical waveform generation; pulse trains; signal processing; strong-electro-optic modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358706
  • Filename
    6358706