Title :
Measurement of the Jitter Transfer Function of a DFB Self-pulsating Laser Using Arbitrary Optical Waveform Generation
Author :
Monfils, I. ; Krause, D.J. ; Cartledge, J.C. ; Roberts, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ.
Abstract :
The jitter transfer function up to 1.24 GHz of a 10 Gb/s self-pulsating DFB laser was measured using arbitrary optical waveform generation. A cut-off frequency of 150 MHz and roll-off of 20 dB/decade were measured
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; jitter; optical fibre communication; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical transfer function; optical transmitters; phase modulation; waveform generators; 10 Gbit/s; 150 MHz; DFB self-pulsating laser; arbitary optical waveform generation; cut-off frequency; jitter transfer function measurement; Amplitude modulation; Clocks; Frequency; Jitter; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation; Signal generators; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278920
