Noise performance of mode-locked 40 GHz pulse source modules

Author

Huettl, B. ; Kaiser, R. ; Kroh, M. ; Rehbein, W. ; Stolpe, H. ; Fidorra, S. ; Stenzel, R. ; Jacumeit, G. ; Heidrich, H.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. Nachrichtentechnik, Berlin, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

47

Abstract

In this paper, the amplitude noise and jitter noise of fiber pigtailed 40 GHz pulse laser modules, which contain monolithic GaInAsP/InP mode-locked semiconductor laser chip, are presented. The influence of the noise behavior on the bit error rate (BER) performance was studied and the results are discussed in comparison with the data observed on a commercial mode-locked, external cavity laser.

Keywords

error statistics; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; 40 GHz; GaInAs-InP; amplitude noise; bit error rate; external cavity laser; jitter noise; mode-locked laser; monolithic semiconductor laser chip; noise performance; pulse laser modules; pulse source modules; Bit error rate; Fiber lasers; Indium phosphide; Jitter; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Noise level; Optical pulses; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251593

Filename

1251593