Title :
Numerical investigation into the dynamics of externally-injected, gain-switched lasers for optical comb generation
Author :
Duill, Sean P. O. ; Rui Zhou ; Anandarajah, Prince M. ; Barry, Liam P.
Author_Institution :
Rince Inst., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
We present simulation results of the nonlinear dynamics of externally-injected, gain-switched laser comb sources. We implement a fully-stochastic laser model and highlight the trade-off between the number of comb lines and the noise properties of the comb.
Keywords :
laser beam applications; laser noise; nonlinear dynamical systems; optical communication equipment; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; stochastic processes; comb lines; externally-injected lasers; fully-stochastic laser; gain-switched lasers; noise properties; nonlinear dynamics; optical comb generation; Laser modes; Laser noise; Mathematical model; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963862
