Title :
Noise and chirping characteristics of mode-locked laser diodes integrated with electroabsorption modulator
Author :
Asobe, M. ; Hirano, Akira ; Hagimoto, Ken ; Sato, Kiminori ; Naganuma, K.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Lab., Yokosuka
fDate :
5/8/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors show that frequency chirping caused by self-phase modulation in the gain section and a refractive index change in the modulator, strongly affects the noise characteristics of mode-locked lasers
Keywords :
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; laser mode locking; optical transmitters; refractive index; semiconductor lasers; chirping characteristics; electroabsorption modulator; frequency chirping; gain section; mode-locked laser diodes; noise characteristics; refractive index change; self-phase modulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970578
