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Ultraflat optical frequency comb generated based on cascaded polarization modulators |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 18, pp. 3834-3836 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.003834
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Abstract
A novel approach to generating an ultraflat and stable optical frequency comb with tunable frequency spacing is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The proposed generator consists of a polarization modulator (PolM) and a polarizer. The joint operation of a PolM and a polarizer is equivalent to intensity modulation, but with a third controllable parameter in addition to the two controllable parameters in conventional intensity modulation. By tuning the three parameters, an ultraflat optical frequency comb with five comb lines is generated. By cascading the PolM with a second PolM, an ultra-flat optical frequency comb with 25 lines is generated. An experiment using two cascaded PolMs is performed. A 25- line frequency comb with the comb flatness within 1 dB is generated.
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OCIS Codes
(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(060.4080) Fiber optics and optical communications : Modulation
(190.4160) Nonlinear optics : Multiharmonic generation
(060.5625) Fiber optics and optical communications : Radio frequency photonics
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: July 4, 2012
Revised Manuscript: August 2, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: August 3, 2012
Published: September 11, 2012
Citation
Chao He, Shilong Pan, Ronghui Guo, Yongjiu Zhao, and Minghai Pan, "Ultraflat optical frequency comb generated based on cascaded polarization modulators," Opt. Lett. 37, 3834-3836 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-18-3834
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