Title :
160 GHz optical pulse generation using a 40 GHz phase modulator and two stages of delayed MZ interferometers
Author :
Pan, Z. ; Chandel, S. ; Yu, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Abstract :
We demonstrate 160-GHz optical pulse train generation using a 40-GHz driven phase modulator followed by two stages of delayed interferometers. The simulation shows the pulse width of the generated 160-GHz chirp-free CSRZ is 3.13 ps.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp-free carrier-suppressed return-to-zero; delayed interferometers; driven phase modulator; frequency 160 GHz; frequency 40 GHz; optical pulse train generation; pulse width; time 3.13 ps; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Interferometers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse generation; (060.5060) Phase modulation; (070.4560) Optical data processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627658
