Optimization of Optical Flat Comb Source based on Dual-Arm Mach-Zehnder modulator for flexgrid terabit superchannel WDM-Nyquist systems

Author

Hraghi, Abir ; Menif, Mourad ; Ben Abid, Samir

Author_Institution

GRESCOM Lab., Univ. of Carthage, Ariana, Tunisia

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the generation of ultra-flat Optical Flat Comb Source (OFCS) using an asymmetrically driven Dual Arm Mach-Zehnder modulator (DA-MZM). A modified simulated annealing-based optimization method is applied to derive the necessary ranges for which the comb source is ultra-flat (less than 1 dB ripple) over 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 carriers where the driving signals are well within the nominal operational range of a typical LiNbO₃ MZM, and an acceptable output optical power is reached.

Keywords

lithium compounds; optical modulation; simulated annealing; wavelength division multiplexing; LiNbO₃; dual-arm Mach-Zehnder modulator; flexgrid terabit superchannel WDM-Nyquist systems; optical flat comb source; output optical power; simulated annealing-based optimization method; Frequency modulation; Harmonic analysis; Integrated optics; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; OFCS; WDM-Nyquist; dual-arm Mach-Zehnder modulator; flexgrid; optimization; superchannel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876483

Filename

6876483