Compact pulse repetition rate multiplication scheme using micro ring resonator

Author

Ji, Hua ; Pu, Minhao ; Galili, Michael ; Oxenlowe, Lei K. ; Jeppesen, Palle

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

High repetition rate stable short pulse sources play an important role in high speed optical communication systems. Besides developing a short pulse laser with very high fundamental repetition rate, the high repetition rate pulse train can also be obtained using various optical multiplication techniques, based on a Fabry-Perot filter or a fiber Bragg grating. A more stable system may be achievable using an integrated component for multiplication. In this paper, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) micro ring resonator with free spectral range (FSR) of 40.9 GHz at 1550 nm is used as a filter to obtain a 40 GHz pulse train. This device is compact and offers stable filtering characteristics.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; microcavity lasers; optical communication equipment; ring lasers; silicon-on-insulator; compact pulse repetition rate multiplication; frequency 40 GHz; frequency 40.9 GHz; high speed optical communication; short pulse laser; short pulse source; silicon-on-insulator microring resonator; wavelength 1550 mum; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Resonator filters; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196371

Filename

5196371