Title :
Generation of a 2.5ps pedestal-free optical pulse using a 10GHz gain-switched laser and a compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror
Author :
Méchin, David ; Le Cren, Elodie ; Reid, Douglas A. ; Lee, Doh-Kyeong ; Thomsen, Benn C. ; Harvey, John D.
Author_Institution :
Southern Photonics Ltd., Auckland
Abstract :
We report the generation of a 10 GHz 2.5 ps pedestal-free optical pulse from a seeded gain-switched DFB laser diode and a compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror suitable for multiplexing into a 100 Gb/s transmission system.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; nonlinear optics; semiconductor lasers; DFB laser diode; frequency 10 GHz; gain switched laser; nonlinear amplifying loop mirror; pedestal free optical pulse; seeded gain switched; time 2.5 ps; Diode lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; (060.4510) Optical communications; (320 5540) Pulse shaping;
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.2006.4628027
