Picosecond pulse source for OTDM/WDM applications based on arrayed waveguide grating

Author

Khrushchev, I.Y. ; Bainbridge, J.D. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Whiteaway, J.E.A. ; Day, S. ; Clements, S.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

296

Abstract

A 13-wavelength-channel 10-GHz pulse source is demonstrated using a novel scheme incorporating a dispersion-imbalanced fiber loop mirror and an arrayed waveguide grating. The 5-ps-width pulses are of high quality with negligible pedestal.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical waveguides; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 GHz; 13-wavelength-channel 10-GHz pulse source; 5 ps; OTDM/WDM applications; arrayed waveguide grating; dispersion-imbalanced fiber loop mirror; high quality; negligible pedestal; picosecond pulse source; ps-width pulses; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Chirp; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor laser arrays; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768144

Filename

768144