Title :
40 GHz optical pulse generation using sinusoidally-driven travelling-wave electroabsorption modulator
Author :
Chou, H.E. ; Chiu, Y.J. ; Bowers, J.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fDate :
4/11/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical pulse generation at a 40 GHz repetition rate using a sinusoidally-driven high-modulation-efficiency travelling-wave electroabsorption modulator is reported. Travelling-wave behaviour is demonstrated by comparing the pulse generation in the co- and counter-propagation configurations and confirmed by a theoretical model
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; 40 GHz; EAMs; co-propagation configurations; counter-propagation configurations; electroabsorption modulator; modulation efficiency; optical communication systems; optical pulse generation; sinusoidally-driven travelling-wave modulator; theoretical model;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020265
