Title :
Simple approach to picosecond pulse generation based on semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Yan, S.Y. ; Zhao, Wanfang ; Xie, X.P. ; Lu, H.Q.
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Transient Opt. & Photonics, CAS, Xi´an, China
Abstract :
A simple optical pulse generator based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is demonstrated with an easy-generated external optical pulse sequence. Using the cross-gain modulation and self-phase modulation effects inside an SOA, the simple optical pulse generator generates a 10 GHz 3.8 ps optical pulse train with an extremely low timing jitter of 60 fs.
Keywords :
amplification; optical pulse generation; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; SOA; cross-gain modulation; picosecond pulse generation; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; timing jitter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.0313
