Comparison of sinusoidal and pulse modulation techniques for generating optical frequency reference combs

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Abstract
The optical frequency combs generated by pulse and sinusoidal modulation of an LiNbO3 Mach–Zehnder device arecompared andcontrasted. It is shown that the former operates with lower drive, although being restricted to narrower tooth spacings than offered by the sinusoidal technique.