• DocumentCode
    1258067
  • Title

    Generation of transform limited gain-switched DFB-LD pulses <6 ps with linear fibre compression and spectral window

  • Author

    Iwatsuki, Katsumi ; Suzuki, Kenji ; Nishi, Shohei

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    1981
  • Lastpage
    1982
  • Abstract
    Linear fibre compression and a spectral window completely compensate for the chirping of gain-switched optical pulses from distributed feedback laser diodes. Transform-limited (TL) Gaussian pulses of less than 6 ps pulse width are generated. Nonlinear pulse propagation experiments and simulations support the existence of TL Gaussian pulses.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; 6 ps; distributed feedback laser diodes; gain-switched optical pulses; high speed optical transmission; linear fibre compression; nonlinear pulse propagation; spectral window; transform limited Gaussian pulses; transform limited gain-switched DFB-LD pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19911227
  • Filename
    98883