DocumentCode
1255509
Title
Noise and chirping characteristics of mode-locked laser diodes integrated with electroabsorption modulator
Author
Asobe, M. ; Hirano, Akira ; Hagimoto, Ken ; Sato, Kiminori ; Naganuma, K.
Author_Institution
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Lab., Yokosuka
Volume
33
Issue
10
fYear
1997
fDate
5/8/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
883
Lastpage
885
Abstract
The authors show that frequency chirping caused by self-phase modulation in the gain section and a refractive index change in the modulator, strongly affects the noise characteristics of mode-locked lasers
Keywords
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; laser mode locking; optical transmitters; refractive index; semiconductor lasers; chirping characteristics; electroabsorption modulator; frequency chirping; gain section; mode-locked laser diodes; noise characteristics; refractive index change; self-phase modulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19970578
Filename
592631
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