Title :
Stabilized Optical Frequency Comb Source for Coherent Communication and Signal Processing
Author :
Quinlan, Franklyn ; Gee, Sangyoun ; Ozharar, Sarper ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
Abstract :
A semiconductor based, low noise mode-locked laser with 195 10.24 GHz spaced stabilized optical frequencies and a pulse timing jitter (1 Hz-100 MHz) of 11.4 fs for optical communication applications is demonstrated.
Keywords :
jitter; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; semiconductor lasers; coherent communication; frequency 1 Hz to 100 MHz; frequency 10.24 GHz; low noise mode-locked laser; optical communication; pulse timing jitter; semiconductor based laser; signal processing; stabilized optical frequency comb source; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348637
