Title :
Linewidth preserved broadband parametric comb seeded by two injection-locked pumps
Author :
Zhi Tong ; Wiberg, Andreas O. J. ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Kuo, Bill P. P. ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
By launching two phase-correlated continuous-wave pumps via injection-locking, a broadband optical comb generated through higher-order parametric interactions shows unchanged linewidth of each comb line over 100-nm, compared to otherwise quadratically-scaled linewidth.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical pumping; FWM; broadband optical comb generation; four-wave-mixing; higher-order parametric interactions; injection locking; injection-locked pumps; linewidth preserved broadband parametric comb; phase-correlated continuous-wave pumps; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
