• DocumentCode
    1494332
  • Title

    Simple approach to picosecond pulse generation based on semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Yan, S.Y. ; Zhao, Wanfang ; Xie, X.P. ; Lu, H.Q.

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of Transient Opt. & Photonics, CAS, Xi´an, China
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    703
  • Lastpage
    704
  • Abstract
    A simple optical pulse generator based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is demonstrated with an easy-generated external optical pulse sequence. Using the cross-gain modulation and self-phase modulation effects inside an SOA, the simple optical pulse generator generates a 10 GHz 3.8 ps optical pulse train with an extremely low timing jitter of 60 fs.
  • Keywords
    amplification; optical pulse generation; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; SOA; cross-gain modulation; picosecond pulse generation; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2010.0313
  • Filename
    5466354
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1494332