Complete performance analysis of a 3.5 ps pulse source consisting of a gain-switched laser diode followed by a non-linearly chirped grating
Maher, Robert D.ORCID: 0000-0001-9611-1845, Anandarajah, Prince M.ORCID: 0000-0001-7335-8044 and Barry, Liam P.ORCID: 0000-0001-8366-4790
(2008)
Complete performance analysis of a 3.5 ps pulse source consisting of a gain-switched laser diode followed by a non-linearly chirped grating.
In: CLEO/QELS 2008 - Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, 4-9 May 2008, San Jose, California, USA.
ISBN 978-1-55752-859-9
The authors demonstrate the performance of an optimized gain-switched pulse source that generates 3.5ps pulses. The transform limited pulses perform excellently when employed in an 80Gb/s OTDM set-up and a 10Gb/s 40km transmission experiment.
Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:
Conference
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
fiber optics communications; chirp modulation; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing;