High Frequency Photonic Signal Generation using 2 GHz Electronics and Optical Repetition Rate Multiplication

Author

Lee, J.M. ; Seo, K.J. ; Seo, D.S.

Author_Institution

Myong-Ji Univ., Yongin

fYear

2007

fDate

3-8 June 2007

Firstpage

2189

Lastpage

2192

Abstract

20 GHz and 40 GHz optical pulse trains have been generated from a fiber ring laser with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) by injecting 2 GHz gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode (GS-FPLD) output. To achieve efficient cross-gain modulation in the SOA at 20 GHz and 40 GHz, individual lasing modes of the 2 GHz GS-FPLD output separated to ~25 and ~50 picoseconds respectively by passing dispersion compensating fibers.

Keywords

fibre lasers; laser modes; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; cross-gain modulation; fiber dispersion compensation; fiber ring laser; frequency 2 GHz; gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode; high-frequency photonic signal generation; lasing mode; optical pulse train generation; optical repetition rate multiplication; semiconductor optical amplifier; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser modes; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Stimulated emission; Frequency multiplication; Gain switching; Millimeter wave generation; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium, 2007. IEEE/MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0688-9

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380360

Filename

4264306