DocumentCode
2895429
Title
High-extinction-ratio, electrically waveband-switchable multi-wavelength pulsed source
Author
Fok, M.P. ; Shu, C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
fYear
2005
fDate
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage
140
Abstract
A 15 channels × 10GHz pulsed source has been generated with an extinction ratio >35 dB using an electro-absorption modulated semiconductor-optical-amplifier multi-wavelength ring laser. Interleaved waveband switching is achieved by electrically controlling the cavity birefringence.
Keywords
birefringence; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; laser cavity resonators; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; cavity birefringence; electrical control; electro-absorption modulator; high-extinction-ratio; interleaved waveband switching; multi-wavelength ring laser; semiconductor-optical-amplifier; Birefringence; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8974-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567928
Filename
1567928
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