Flat OFC Generation Based on DPMZM Cascaded Dual-Parallel PolM with Frequency Multiplication Circuit

Abstract

An innovative scheme to generate the high-quality OFC based on DPMZM cascaded dual-parallel PolM with frequency multiplication circuit is proposed and demonstrated. In the scheme, 5 comb lines are generated in the first-stage generator, and the comb line is expanded to 11 times in the second-stage generator. The theoretical model of the overall scheme is established and analyzed. In this scheme, 66-line OFC is generated and the flatness is 0.73 dB, the side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) is 14.19 dB, and the optical signal noise ratio (OSNR) is about 29 dB.