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Laser, Optics and Photonics
International Conference on
Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 2
Optical frequency comb generation utilizing Mach-Zehnder modulator and multi-laser sources
Driss EL Idrissi
and
Abdella Battou
National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
W
e investigate a wideband optical frequency comb
generator based onmulti-laser sources and a single-stage
Mach-Zehnder modulator. The generated comb lines were
successfully increased as compared with a single laser. In this
paper, we propose a new technique to increase the generated
comb lines by using multi-laser sources injected simultaneously
into an MZM. We also provide a simple equation to correctly
define the wavelength of each laser source needed to duplicate
the comb signal without a gap. The preliminary results show
the multiplicative growth of the generated comb lines as a
function of the number of launched laser sources. A new
technique for generating a wideband optical frequency comb
based on multi-laser sources and a single MZM has been
proposed and simulated. As more and more laser sources
are launched simultaneously using a WDM multiplexing
system, more OFCG signal bandwidth achieved accordingly.
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driss.elidrissi@nist.govNotes: