High speed gain-switched laser as very simple 4×10 Gbit/s and up to 8×10 Gbit/s OTDM source

Author

Bouchoule, S. ; Lach, E. ; Lemestreallan, G. ; Slempkes, S. ; Mathoorasing, D. ; Kazmierski, C. ; Ougazzaden, A.

Author_Institution

Groupement d´´Interet Econ., CNET, Marcoussis, France

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

20-24 Sep 1998

Firstpage

215

Abstract

1.55 μm DFB lasers based on strain compensated MQW structures with fast dynamics and high chirping effects were fabricated for standard gain-switched pulse emission at 10 GHz. After linear pulse compression to compensate for the chirp, low jitter (<1 ps), -6 ps pulses with extinction ratio compatible with 4×10 Gbit/s and up to 8×10 Gbit/s were easily obtained as evidenced from streak camera measurements

Keywords

chirp modulation; compensation; distributed feedback lasers; jitter; optical pulse compression; quantum well lasers; streak photography; time division multiplexing; 1 ps; 1.55 mum; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; 6 ps; 80 Gbit/s; DFB lasers; Gbit/s OTDM source; chirp compensation; extinction ratio; fast dynamics; high chirping effects; high speed gain-switched laser; linear pulse compression; low jitter; ps pulses; standard gain-switched pulse emission; strain compensated MQW lasers; streak camera measurements; Cameras; Capacitive sensors; Chirp; Extinction ratio; Jitter; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Quantum well devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

84-89900-14-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.1998.732509

Filename

732509