Title :
Cost-effective optical Nyquist pulse generator with ultraflat optical spectrum using dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators
Author :
Qiang Wang ; Li Huo ; Yanfei Xing ; Caiyun Lou ; Bingkun Zhou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Rectangular-shaped optical frequency comb generation with Nyquist temporal waveforms using dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators is proposed. Nyquist pulse with 3.66% duty cycle and 25-tone frequency combs with flatness within 0.5 dB is generated.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; Nyquist temporal waveforms; cost-effective optical Nyquist pulse generator; dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators; rectangular-shaped optical frequency comb generation; ultra-flat optical spectrum; Frequency modulation; High-speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W1G.5
