Wideband optical frequency comb generator using a phase velocity-matched lithium tantalate electro-optic modulator

A wideband optical frequency comb generator can be built using an electro-optic modulator that is driven at a frequency of several GHz and that is enclosed in an optical cavity. When light is circulated within the optical cavity, multiple passes through the modulator produce a spectrum centered at the carrier frequency with hundreds of sidebands spaced at the modulation frequency, with a comb span limited only by the material dispersion of the modulator. We present the design, construction, and testing of an optical frequency comb generator using lithium tantalate as a modulator substrate.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Pasquali González, Elisa Co. (Elisa Carolina), 1975-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• N.C. Wong.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47719

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/47719