DocumentCode
303917
Title
Gain-switched DFB lasers as soliton sources for high bit rate, long distance transmissions
Author
Meuleman, L. ; Wang, X. ; Blondel, M.
Author_Institution
Fac. Polytech. de Mons, Belgium
Volume
1
fYear
1996
fDate
13-16 May 1996
Firstpage
420
Abstract
Numerical simulations of soliton transmission are presented. The optical pulses are delivered by a gain-coupled DFB laser using a gain-switching technique. The important source features are reviewed, and a study of the timing jitter is described
Keywords
distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical switches; jitter; laser theory; numerical analysis; optical solitons; optical transmitters; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor switches; gain-coupled DFB laser; gain-switched DFB lasers; gain-switching technique; high bit rate; long distance transmissions; numerical simulations; optical pulses; review; soliton sources; soliton transmission; source features; timing jitter; Bit rate; Laser modes; Laser noise; Nonlinear equations; Numerical simulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrotechnical Conference, 1996. MELECON '96., 8th Mediterranean
Conference_Location
Bari
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3109-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MELCON.1996.551570
Filename
551570
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