TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical frequency comb generation using two cascaded polarization modulators
AU - Yang, Yang
AU - Ma, Jianxin
AU - Xin, Xiangjun
AU - Zhang, Qi
AU - Zhang, Yi
AU - Yin, Xiaoli
AU - Zhang, Ruijiao
AU - Liu, Wen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - A novel approach to generate the flattened optical frequency comb (OFC) with tunable frequency spacing is proposed. The proposed generator consists of two cascaded polarization modulators driven by two radio frequency signals with different frequencies. By adjusting the parameters, 9, 12, and 16 comb lines can be generated with tunable frequency spacing. The scheme requires no DC bias voltage of the modulators and no optical filter, which makes our method simple and stable. A concept proof simulation is conducted to confirm the feasibility of the generation schemes of the 9-, 12-, and 16-line OFCs.
AB - A novel approach to generate the flattened optical frequency comb (OFC) with tunable frequency spacing is proposed. The proposed generator consists of two cascaded polarization modulators driven by two radio frequency signals with different frequencies. By adjusting the parameters, 9, 12, and 16 comb lines can be generated with tunable frequency spacing. The scheme requires no DC bias voltage of the modulators and no optical filter, which makes our method simple and stable. A concept proof simulation is conducted to confirm the feasibility of the generation schemes of the 9-, 12-, and 16-line OFCs.
KW - Optical frequency comb (OFC)
KW - Polarization controller (PC)
KW - Polarization modulator (PolM)
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U2 - 10.1007/s11107-015-0584-1
DO - 10.1007/s11107-015-0584-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949502228
SN - 1387-974X
VL - 32
SP - 126
EP - 132
JO - Photonic Network Communications
JF - Photonic Network Communications
IS - 1
ER -