• DocumentCode
    1586566
  • Title

    Mode-locked laser array monolithically integrated with SOA and EA-modulator

  • Author

    Hou, Lianping ; Haji, Mohsin ; Kelly, Anthony E. ; Arnold, John M. ; Bryce, A. Catrina

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The monolithic integration of four 10 GHz multi-colored mode-locked lasers with a 4×1 MMI, a SOA and an electroabsorption modulator has been demonstrated. The lasers produce 2.49 ps Sech2-pulses with TBP of 0.389.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; light interference; optical fibre couplers; optical modulation; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor optical amplifiers; AlGaInAs-InP; EA-modulator; MMI optical coupler; SOA; electroabsorption modulator; frequency 10 GHz; mode-locked surface-etched DBR lasers; multicolored mode-locked laser array; multimode-interference; time 2.49 ps; wavelength 1.55 mum; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser mode locking; Optical device fabrication; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875411