• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 10, Issue 12, 123201 (2012)
Yujie Dou, Hongming Zhang, and Minyu Yao
DOI: 10.3788/col201210.123201 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
Yujie Dou, Hongming Zhang, Minyu Yao. Multi-wavelength pulse generation using flattop optical frequency comb and arrayed waveguide grating[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(12): 123201 Copy Citation Text show less

Abstract

A scheme of multi-wavelength pulse generator using optical frequency comb and arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. A flattop optical frequency comb is shaped into multiple narrowband Gaussian spectra by using an AWG which contains a number of Gaussian channels, and then multi-wavelength optical pulses are achieved. In the experiment, six wavelength pulses with full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 14.6 ps at 10 GHz are obtained, and two wavelength-interleaved pulse trains at 20 GHz and four wavelength-interleaved pulse trains at 40 GHz are demonstrated by using the multi-wavelength optical pulses. This scheme has flexibility because the pulse width, the repetition rate, and time-interval can be readily controlled.
Yujie Dou, Hongming Zhang, Minyu Yao. Multi-wavelength pulse generation using flattop optical frequency comb and arrayed waveguide grating[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(12): 123201
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