DocumentCode
1354310
Title
3.7 ps pulse generation at ⩾30 GHz by dual-drive electroabsorption modulator
Author
Kaman, V. ; Chiu, Yi-Jen ; Zhang, S.Z. ; Bowers, J.E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Volume
36
Issue
13
fYear
2000
fDate
6/22/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1130
Lastpage
1132
Abstract
The authors describe optical short pulse generation at frequencies ⩾30 GHz by a dual-drive scheme of a high-saturation power travelling-wave electroabsorption modulator. Sub-4ps almost transform-limited pulses are achieved with >20 dB dynamic extinction ratio and low polarisation sensitivity
Keywords
demultiplexing equipment; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; pulse generators; time division multiplexing; 3.7 ps; 30 GHz; dual-drive electroabsorption modulator; dynamic extinction ratio; high-saturation power travelling-wave modulator; optical short pulse generation; polarisation sensitivity; transform-limited pulses;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000817
Filename
850462
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