Title :
Generation, characterization, and applications of high repetition rate optical frequency combs
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
High repetition rate frequency combs and pulse trains are generated from continuous-wave lasers either by strong electro-optic modulation or by nonlinear wave mixing in microresonators. Applications to optical and RF arbitrary waveform generation and signal processing are discussed.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; microcavities; microcavity lasers; micromechanical resonators; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical information processing; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; RF arbitrary waveform generation; continuous-wave lasers; high-repetition rate optical frequency combs; microresonators; nonlinear wave mixing; optical waveform generation; pulse trains; signal processing; strong-electro-optic modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358706
