Title :
Modeling of a frequency comb source for terahertz generation
Author :
Bahramimanesh, Mohammad Hossein ; Nooramin, Amir Saman ; Shahabadi, Mahmoud
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Lab., Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
The main focus of this paper is modeling of terahertz-wave generation by means of an optical frequency comb spectrum. To model frequency comb generation by the parametric frequency conversion, we propose a system composed of several coupled nonlinear resonators. Nonlinearity of the coupled resonators and their coupling coefficients play an important role in achieving a specific frequency comb spectrum.We demonstrate that the impact of the source amplitude on the formation of frequency comb can be described by the proposed model.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical frequency combs; optical frequency conversion; optical resonators; terahertz wave generation; coupled nonlinear resonators; coupling coefficients; frequency comb generation; frequency comb source; optical frequency comb spectrum; parametric frequency conversion; source amplitude; terahertz generation; terahertz-wave generation; Frequency conversion; Optical coupling; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Resonant frequency; Frequency comb spectrum; coupled nonlinear resonators; degenerate and non-degenerate four-wave mixing; optical micro-resonator; parametric frequency conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWATT), 2014 Third Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6590-8
DOI :
10.1109/MMWaTT.2014.7057212