Title :
100-GHz soliton pulse train generation using soliton compression of two phase side bands from a single DFB laser
Author :
Swanson, Eric A. ; Chinn, Stephen R. ; Hall, Katie ; Rauschenbach, Kristin A. ; Bondurant, Roy S. ; Miller, Jeff W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
A 100-GHz soliton pulse train, with the potential of very low timing jitter, is generated using soliton compression of the beat signal between two optical carriers. The optical carriers are obtained by optically filtering out the third-order sidebands generated from a single DFB laser and a LiNbO/sub 3/ electro-optic phase modulator driven at 16.9 GHz.<>
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical devices; optical filters; optical modulation; optical solitons; phase modulation; semiconductor lasers; 100 GHz; 16.9 GHz; LiNbO/sub 3/; LiNbO/sub 3/ electro-optic phase modulator; beat signal; optical carriers; optically filtering; phase side bands; single DFB laser; soliton compression; soliton pulse train generation; third-order sidebands; very low timing jitter; Filtering; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Signal generators; Timing jitter;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
