Title :
High repetition rate frequency combs: Ultrafast optics starting with continuous-wave lasers
Author :
Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
High repetition rate frequency combs and pulse trains are generated from continuous-wave lasers by nonlinear wave mixing in microresonators or by strong electro-optic modulation. Applications to arbitrary waveform generation and RF photonic filtering are discussed.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; micro-optics; microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; optical resonators; RF photonic filtering; continuous-wave laser; high repetition rate frequency comb; microresonators; nonlinear wave mixing; pulse trains generation; strong electro-optic modulation; ultrafast optics; waveform generation; Abstracts; Computers; Educational institutions; Frequency modulation; Microcavities; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
