• DocumentCode
    1877497
  • Title

    160-GHz pulse generator using a 40-GHz phase modulator and PM fiber

  • Author

    Yu, C. ; Pan, Z. ; Luo, T. ; Kumar, S. ; Yan, L.-S. ; Zhang, B. ; Zhang, L. ; Wang, Y. ; Adler, M. ; Willner, A.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate chirp-free CS-RZ pulse generation with a repetition rate of 160 GHz using a phase modulator driven by a 40 GHz clock and two low-cost polarization-maintaining fibers. The unwanted low frequency tones are suppressed by more than 15 dB.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; 160 GHz; 40 GHz; PM fiber; chirp-free CS-RZ pulse generation; phase modulator; polarization-maintaining fibers; pulse generator; unwanted low frequency tone suppression; Chirp; Clocks; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.193004
  • Filename
    1501542