Wideband optical frequency comb generator using a phase velocity-matched lithium tantalate electro-optic modulator
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Author(s)
Pasquali González, Elisa Co. (Elisa Carolina), 1975-
Advisor(s)
N.C. Wong.
Date Issued
1998
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
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.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-75).
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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