• DocumentCode
    1824930
  • Title

    An optical frequency comb generator as a broadband pulse source

  • Author

    Liu, Sheng ; Ng, Trina T. ; Richardson, David J. ; Petropoulos, Periklis

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the generation of wavelength tunable, 0.62 ps, near transform-limited pulses at a repetition rate of 20 GHz by combining an ultra-stable optical frequency comb generator with a delay line interferometer.
  • Keywords
    light interferometers; optical delay lines; optical pulse generation; optical tuning; broadband pulse source; delay line interferometer; near transform-limited pulses; repetition rate; ultra-stable optical frequency comb generator; wavelength tunable; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Phase modulation; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; (230.6080) Sources; (320.5550) Pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032658