• 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