DocumentCode
449278
Title
Complete characterization of the generation of a 2.8 ps pedestal-free optical pulse using a gain-switched laser and a compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror
Author
Chang, W. ; Mechin, D. ; Le Cren, E. ; Reid, D.A. ; Thomsen, B.C. ; Harvey, J.D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
757
Abstract
We report the generation of a 1 GHz 2.8 ps pedestal-free (suppression 30 dB) optical pulse from a seeded gain-switched semiconductor laser diode (GSL) using a compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (CALM). Preliminary results with a 10 GHz repetition rate source will be also briefly discussed. This source is suitable for multiplexing into 40 Gb/s transmission.
Keywords
mirrors; multiplexing; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror; multiplexing; optical pulse generation; seeded gain-switched semiconductor laser diode;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576495
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