Reduction of dispersive waves by chirping compensation in an optical soliton source with an electroabsorption modulator

Author

Toda, Hiroyuki ; Shiozaki, Toru ; Maeda, Yasuhiro ; Hasegawa, Akira

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

15

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

743

Lastpage

748

Abstract

A proper amount of group delay dispersion of a dispersion compensating fiber or a single mode fiber reduces chirping of the optical pulse generated by an electroabsorption modulator. Evaluation of the amount of dispersive wave (nonsoliton components) contained in the output of the fiber by means of the inverse scattering transform provides the condition to minimize the dispersive wave generation although it does not generally agree with the condition to minimize the pulse width

Keywords

chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; inverse problems; light scattering; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; semiconductor quantum wells; MQW-EA modulator; chirping compensation; dispersion compensating fiber; dispersive wave generation; dispersive wave reduction; electroabsorption modulator; group delay dispersion; inverse scattering transform; nonsoliton components; optical pulse; optical soliton source; pulse width; single mode fiber; Chirp modulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation; Quantum well devices; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.580807

Filename

580807