40GHZ short pulse clocked optical source based on four-wave mixing in an optical fibre

Author

Khemiri, Sondes ; Ware, Cédric ; Gabet, Renaud ; Erasme, Didier

Author_Institution

Ecole Nat. Super. des Telecommun., Paris

fYear

2005

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes an experimental 40 GHz repetition rate short pulse generation based on a simple and affordable scheme. Simulation results complement the analysis. An optical pulse train with FWHM lower than 4 ps has been obtained using a 20 GHz-driven lithium niobate modulator and a dispersion shifted fibre. This scheme has the great advantage of providing a signal clock that can be used for oscilloscope observation and for bit error rate measurement.

Keywords

error statistics; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; bit error rate measurement; dispersion shifted fibre; four-wave mixing; frequency 20 GHz; frequency 40 GHz; lithium niobate modulator; optical pulse train; oscilloscope observation; short pulse clocked optical source; Analytical models; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Lithium niobate; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2005. ICECS 2005. 12th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gammarth

Print_ISBN

978-9972-61-100-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-9972-61-100-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2005.4633575

Filename

4633575