Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase Modulator

We propose and demonstrate an optical pulse generator using optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) and Fabry-Perot phase modulator (FP-PM). A complete theoretical analysis is developed, and the advantages of the proposed system are also discussed. The optical frequency comb (OFC) is generated with an OEO l...

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Main Authors: Kunpeng Zhai, Wenting Wang, Sha Zhu, Huashun Wen, Ninghua Zhu
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Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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Wenting Wang
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Ninghua Zhu
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Ninghua Zhu
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description We propose and demonstrate an optical pulse generator using optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) and Fabry-Perot phase modulator (FP-PM). A complete theoretical analysis is developed, and the advantages of the proposed system are also discussed. The optical frequency comb (OFC) is generated with an OEO loop to create broadband comb mode with low noise. It is theoretically proved that OFC pulses with a spectrum of 33 flat comb lines can be generated using an FP-PM. 25 GHz optical pulses with full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) less than 4 ps, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) better than 40 dB. By changing the length of the fiber in OEO, the timing jitter is 100 fs in this system. The phase noise of the 25 GHz signal is −107.8 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, which is measured when the fiber length is 230 m. The system is promising to attain high-quality electrical-optical (EO) comb with low timing jitter.
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spelling doaj-art-b7d8da38f4cb4d5e95563d607b3568e62025-08-20T03:32:32ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552023-01-011561510.1109/JPHOT.2023.332328610319367Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase ModulatorKunpeng Zhai0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-5529Wenting Wang1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9394-047XSha Zhu2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6725-5145Huashun Wen3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0821-0072Ninghua Zhu4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-8317State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaXiongan Institute of Innovation, Xiongan, ChinaCollege of Microelectronics, Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaWe propose and demonstrate an optical pulse generator using optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) and Fabry-Perot phase modulator (FP-PM). A complete theoretical analysis is developed, and the advantages of the proposed system are also discussed. The optical frequency comb (OFC) is generated with an OEO loop to create broadband comb mode with low noise. It is theoretically proved that OFC pulses with a spectrum of 33 flat comb lines can be generated using an FP-PM. 25 GHz optical pulses with full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) less than 4 ps, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) better than 40 dB. By changing the length of the fiber in OEO, the timing jitter is 100 fs in this system. The phase noise of the 25 GHz signal is −107.8 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, which is measured when the fiber length is 230 m. The system is promising to attain high-quality electrical-optical (EO) comb with low timing jitter.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10319367/Microwave photonicsoptical frequency comboptoelectronics oscillator
spellingShingle Kunpeng Zhai
Wenting Wang
Sha Zhu
Huashun Wen
Ninghua Zhu
Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase Modulator
IEEE Photonics Journal
Microwave photonics
optical frequency comb
optoelectronics oscillator
title Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase Modulator
title_full Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase Modulator
title_fullStr Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase Modulator
title_full_unstemmed Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase Modulator
title_short Optical Frequency Comb Generation Based on Optoelectronic Oscillator and Fabry-Perot Phase Modulator
title_sort optical frequency comb generation based on optoelectronic oscillator and fabry perot phase modulator
topic Microwave photonics
optical frequency comb
optoelectronics oscillator
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10319367/
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