Title :
Broadband, large-spacing frequency-comb employing complementary interleavers for mode filtering
Author :
Chang, Guoqing ; Li, Chih-Hao ; Phillips, David F. ; Walsworth, Ronald L. ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We propose and analyze an approach to generate broadband large-spacing frequency-combs using complementary interleavers for mode-filtering and nonlinear fibers for spectral broadening. 350-nm bandwidth with negligible side-mode asymmetry is achieved.
Keywords :
holey fibres; laser mode locking; laser modes; photonic crystals; spectral line broadening; broadband large-spacing frequency-comb; complementary interleavers; mode filtering; nonlinear fibers; photonic-crystal fiber; side-mode asymmetry; spectral broadening; Broadband communication; Dispersion; Filtering; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
