• DocumentCode
    2861987
  • 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
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627658
  • Filename
    4627658