Ultraflat optical comb generation by phase-only modulation of continuous-wave light

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-38

  Ozharar, S ^a   Quinlan, F ^a   Ozdur, I ^a   Gee, S ^a,b   Delfyett, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continuous wave (cw) modulation; Optical frequency comb; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE (CW) MODULATION; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OPTICAL SPECTRA; PHASE-ONLY MODULATION; POWER BUDGETS; SINE-WAVE; ULTRAFLAT;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

PHASE MODULATION;

EID: 43549086475     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.910755     Document Type: Article

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