20/spl times/5 Gbit/s optical WDM-TDM transmitter using a single-stripe multiwavelength mode-locked semiconductor laser

Author

Shi, H. ; Delfyett, P.J. ; Alphonse, G.A. ; Connolly, J.C.

Author_Institution

Center for Res. in Electro-Opt. & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

312

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper, we demonstrate a tunable multiwavelength mode-locked semiconductor laser based on a single-stripe semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). By actively mode-locking the single-grating-loaded external cavity semiconductor laser system, 20 wavelength channels are simultaneously generated with each wavelength transmitting 12-ps pulses at a 600-MHz rate. A conventional pulse interleaving configuration multiplexes pulse train by eight fold to give a final 5-Gbit/sec pulse rate.

Keywords

laser mode locking; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 12 ps; 5 Gbit/s; 600 MHz; active mode locking; multiwavelength picosecond pulse generation; optical WDM-TDM transmitter; single-grating-loaded external cavity semiconductor laser; single-stripe semiconductor optical amplifier; Interleaved codes; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657431

Filename

657431