Title :
Generation of gain-switched optical pulses with very low timing jitter by using external CW-light injection seeding
Author :
Nogiwa, S. ; Kawaguchi, Y. ; Ohta, H. ; Endo, Y.
Author_Institution :
TERATEC Corp., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Timing jitter in gain-switched laser diode optical pulses has been reduced to 160 fs by using external CW-light injection seeding. This low jitter has been confirmed by using both optical sampling and spectral analysis
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; spectral analysis; timing jitter; external CW-light injection seeding; gain-switched laser diode optical pulses; gain-switched optical pulse generation; low jitter; optical sampling; spectral analysis; very low timing jitter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000256
