Characterization of 40-Gbit/s pulses generated using a lithium niobate modulator at 1550 nm using frequency resolved optical gating

Author

Thomsen, Benn C. ; Reid, Douglas A. ; Watts, Regan T. ; Barry, Liam P. ; Harvey, John D.

Author_Institution

Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, UK

Volume

53

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

191

Abstract

The characteristics of 40-Gbit/s pulses generated by exploiting the nonlinear characteristics of a Mach-Zender Lithium Niobate modulator are presented. A high spectral resolution frequency resolved optical gating apparatus has been developed to allow for the complete characterization of the intensity and phase of these pulses. The use of these measurements to simplify the design and optimization of an 80-Gbit/s pulse source, based on this 40-Gbit/s source followed by a nonlinear fiber compressor and multiplexer, is also demonstrated.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; lithium compounds; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; wavelength division multiplexing; 1550 nm; 40 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; LiNbO₃; Mach-Zehnder modulator; WDM; compressed pulse multiplexing; electro-optic modulator; externally modulated CW laser; femtosecond resolution; frequency resolved optical gating; high spectral resolution gating; high-quality pulse stream; high-speed transmission; nonlinear characteristics; nonlinear fiber compressor; optical communications; optical pulse characterization; pulse source; stable return-to-zero data signals; Character generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2003.822016

Filename

1259544