Title :
Demonstration of a 10 Gb/s channel-tunable mode-locked laser transmitter for OTDM networks
Author :
Hung, W. ; Chen, L.K. ; Tong, F. ; Ho, K.P. ; Chan, L.Y. ; Shimizu, T. ; Yokoyama, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A hybrid mode-locked laser transmitter was demonstrated to generate 10-GHz repetition rate optical short pulses that can be easily tuned to different TDM channels. The transient of the lasers during the channel-tuning period was investigated
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 10-GHz repetition rate optical short pulses; OTDM networks; TDM channels; channel-tunable mode-locked laser transmitter; channel-tuning period; hybrid mode-locked laser transmitter; transient; Delay; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Optical tuning; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811837
