Title :
Complete performance analysis of a 3.5 ps pulse source consisting of a gain-switched laser diode followed by a non-linearly chirped grating
Author :
Maher, R. ; Anandarajah, P.M. ; Barry, L.P.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate the performance of an optimized gain-switched pulse source that generates 3.5ps pulses. The transform limited pulses perform excellently when employed in an 80Gb/s OTDM set-up and a 10Gb/s 40km transmission experiment.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; OTDM set-up; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; gain-switched laser diode; nonlinearly chirped grating; pulse source; time 3.5 ps; transmission experiment; Bit error rate; Chirp; Diode lasers; Gratings; Optical feedback; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters; Performance analysis; (060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and temporal solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
