Tunable generation of ultra-narrow linewidth millimeter and THz-waves and their modulation at 40 Gbd

Author

Preussler, Stefan ; Wenzel, Norman ; Zadok, Avi ; Schneider, T.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Hochschule fur Telekommunikation Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

122

Abstract

The employment of a high precision femtosecond frequency comb for the tunable generation of ultra-high quality millimeter and THz waves is proposed and demonstrated. The line widths of the generated waves are below 1Hz and a phase noise of -100 dBc/Hz at an offset of 10 kHz from the carrier. The method is based on highly-selective filtering of two comb lines, through stimulated Brillouin scattering amplification and the polarization pulling that is associated with it. Lastly, the generated 100 GHz carrier is successfully modulated at 40 Gbd/s rate.

Keywords

electro-optical filters; microwave filters; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; terahertz wave generation; frequency 10 kHz; frequency 100 GHz; generated waves; high precision femtosecond frequency comb; highly-selective filtering; polarization pulling; stimulated Brillouin scattering amplification; terahertz-waves; tunable generation; ultra-narrow linewidth millimeter waves; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Phase noise; Ultrafast optics; Microwave Photonics; Stimulated Brillouin scattering; THz-generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013 International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2013.6724034

Filename

6724034