Pulse repetition frequency multiplication with spectral selection in Fabry-Perot filters

Author

Yiannopoulos, Konstantinos ; Vyrsokinos, Konstantinos ; Tsiokos, Dimitris ; Kehayas, Efstratios ; Pleros, N. ; Theophilopoulos, George ; Houbavlis, Thanassis ; Guekos, George ; Avramopoulos, Hercules

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

40

Issue

2

fYear

2004

Firstpage

157

Lastpage

165

Abstract

We present methods for obtaining high-repetition-rate full duty-cycle RZ optical pulse trains from lower rate laser sources. These methods exploit the memory properties of the Fabry-Perot filter for rate multiplication, while amplitude equalization in the output pulse train is achieved with a semiconductor optical amplifier or with a second transit through the Fabry-Perot filter. We apply these concepts to experimentally demonstrate rate quadruplication from 10 to 40 GHz and discuss the possibility of taking advantage of the proposed methods to achieve repetition rates up to 160 GHz.

Keywords

optical filters; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fabry-Perot filters; amplitude equalisation; full duty-cycle RZ optical pulse trains; high-repetition-rate optical pulse trains; lower rate laser sources; memory properties; optical transmitters; output pulse train; pulse repetition frequency multiplication; rate multiplication; rate quadruplication; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectral selection; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Masers; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2003.821534

Filename

1263683