Optical frequency comb based on cascading intensity modulation for optical arbitrary waveform generation

Xin Zhou; Xiaoping Zheng; He Wen; Hanyi Zhang; Yili Guo; Bingkun Zhou

doi:10.1117/12.888458

18 February 2011 Optical frequency comb based on cascading intensity modulation for optical arbitrary waveform generation

Xin Zhou, Xiaoping Zheng, He Wen, Hanyi Zhang, Yili Guo, Bingkun Zhou

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Proceedings Volume 7988, Optical Transmission Systems, Switching, and Subsystems VIII; 79881U (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888458
Event: Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition, 2010, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Optical arbitrary waveform generation (OAWG) is considered as a promising technology in microwave photonics. Line-by- line control technique for OAWG according to Fourier transform theory has been widely adopted and then Optical frequency comb (OFC) is one key point of OAWG based on this method. In the experiment, based on cascading intensity modulation, an OFC signal of nine spectral lines is generated with its excursion smaller than 2dB. And then by selecting spectral lines of interest from OFC via optical filters, 10GHz, 20GHz sinusoidal signals with low phase noise and several desirable waveforms are generated easily.

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Xin Zhou, Xiaoping Zheng, He Wen, Hanyi Zhang, Yili Guo, and Bingkun Zhou "Optical frequency comb based on cascading intensity modulation for optical arbitrary waveform generation", Proc. SPIE 7988, Optical Transmission Systems, Switching, and Subsystems VIII, 79881U (18 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888458

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