Ultra-flat optical frequency comb generator using a single-driven dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator

Qiang Wang; Li Huo; Yanfei Xing; Bingkun Zhou

doi:10.1364/OL.39.003050

Ultra-flat optical frequency comb generator using a single-driven dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator

Qiang Wang
, Li Huo^*
, Yanfei Xing
, Bingkun Zhou

^*Corresponding author for this work

Tsinghua University

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Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple and cost-effective ultra-flat optical frequency comb (OFC) generator by directly modulating a standalone dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DP-MZM) with only one radio frequency (RF) signal without any other assisting devices. Five- and seven-tone OFC with exactly the same intensity can be theoretically generated using two sets of parameters obtained by solving equations derived from the DP-MZM modulation model. In good agreement with the theoretical results, five- and seven-tone OFC with flatness of 0.1 and 1 dB are experimentally demonstrated, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3050-3053
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	39
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.003050
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2014
Externally published	Yes

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