Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2010-05-28
Rui Wu, V. R. Supradeepa, Christopher M. Long, Daniel E. Leaird, and Andrew M. Weiner, Opt. Lett. 35, 3234-3236 (2010)
Physics
Optics
12 pages, 3 figures, replaced the older version with the published version
Scientific paper
10.1364/OL.35.003234
We demonstrate a scheme, based on a cascade of lithium niobate intensity and phase modulators driven by specially tailored radio frequency waveforms to generate an optical frequency comb with very high spectral flatness. In this work we demonstrate a 10 GHz comb with ~40 lines with spectral power variation below 1-dB and ~60 lines in total. The number of lines that can be generated is limited by the power handling capability of the phase modulator, and this can be scaled without compromising the spectral flatness. Furthermore, the spectral phase of the generated combs in our scheme is almost purely quadratic which, as we will demonstrate, allows for very high quality pulse compression using only single mode fiber.
Leaird Daniel E.
Long Christopher M.
Supradeepa V. R.
Weiner Andrew M.
Wu Rui
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